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CHI  PHI 

Year  Book. 


Published  for  the  Fraternity  by  the 
Council. 


New  York,  1897, 


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MICRON. 


The  Omicron  Chapter  was  established  twenty  years 
ago  by  the  initiation  of  the  following  members  of  the 
classes  of  1879  and  1880  in  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School 
of  Yale  University:  Eugene  B.  Wilson,  John  Howard 
Cromwell,  Geo.  F.  H.  Bartlett,  Chas.  F.  Dodd,  E.  Y. 
Foote,  Jonathan  Godfrey,  Fred.  A.  Jones,  Arthur  Dodge, 

A.  D.  Lewis  and  Joseph  B.  Bissell.  The  Chapter  owes 
its  origin  to  the  energy  of  John  Howard  Cromwell,  Eugene 

B.  Wilson  and  Fred.  A.  Jones,  all  of  '79  Shef.,  with  the 
help  and  at  the  suggestion,  of  Lewis  V.  Snyder,  of  Rutgers, 
class  of  1878.  These  four  natives  of  New  Jersey  deter- 
mined that  the  time  was  ripe  for  the  establishment  of  a 
Chapter  of  the  Chi  Phi  Fraternity  at  Yale.  In  the  Spring 
of  1877  these,  with  others,  petitioned  for  the  grant  of  such 
chapter.  It  was  over  this  petition  that  Xi  and  Delta  took 
opposite  sides,  and  in  the  somewhat  vigorous  struggle 
which  followed,  the  talent  from  the  college  on  the  Raritan 
won  and  the  Omicron  Chapter  was  born. 

We  were  initiated  in  the  evening  of  September  nth, 
1877,  in  a  hall  specially  obtained  for  that  purpose,  on 
Chapel  Street,  near  State.  This  hall  was  retained  by  our 
lodge  long  enough  to  initiate  several  other  members  of  '79 
and  '80,  and  two  members  of  '78,  and  two  "specials" 
were  taken  in  later.  The  visiting  initiating  brothers  were 
presided  over  by  a  then  member,  who  has  since  become  as 
false  to  his  fraternity  as  he  has  been  to  his  friends,  to  his 
college,  to  another  fraternity  which  he  has  dishonored  by 
joining,  and  to  the  profession  which  he  disgraces  by  be- 
longing to  It. 


In  1878  and  1879  our  membership  had  been  increased  to 
over  twenty,  and  was  larger  than  that  of  most  of  our 
rivals. 

At  a  banquet  in  the  old  "  Keys "  hall,  which  we  then 
occupied  as  a  lodge  room,  in  1884,  it  was  first  proposed  to 
establish  a  fund  to  build  a  future  lodge  house.  We  had 
been  living  in  various  boarding  houses,  and  in  1878-9  we 
rented  for  the  first  time  as  a  body  a  house  on  York  Street, 
between  Library  and  Elm,  and  for  that  year  eight  of  us 
occupied  the  rooms  in  it  and  divided  up  the  yearly  rent. 
That  house,  a  rather  dilapidated  two  and  a  half  story  frame 
building,  was  the  original  "  York  Hall."  It  has  since  been 
remodeled,  and  a  few  years  ago  was  a  students  boarding 
house.  Its  name  was  given  to  it  by  one  of  our  charter 
members  of  romantic  temperament,  whose  elongated  size 
procured  for  himself  the  characteristic  appelation  of 
'*  Pelican."  Whether  champagne  was  opened  at  the 
christening  (of  the  house,  not  the  Pelican)  I  have  forgotten. 
I  presume  not  however,  most  of  us  were  not  buying  wine 
in  those  davs. 


fter  leaving  the  original  York  Hall,  the  Chapter  mem- 
bers who  wished  to  live  together,  hired  No.  6^  York 
Square,  a  much  more  pretentious  brick  building,  facing  a 
beautiful  park.  Later  emigration  took  place  in  a  widely 
different  direction  to  Temple  Street,  between  Grove  and 
Trumbull.  In  this  house  the  Omicron  Trust  Association 
was  organized  in  1886.  For  several  years  succeeding  a 
new  building  next  door  to  the  original  York  Hall,  on  York 
Street,  was  occupied  by  the  Chapter  members.  For  some 
time  past  York  Hall  has  been  in  a  corner  building  sur- 
rounded by  a  grassy  lawn  at  Wall  and  High  Streets. 


Our  lodge  room  has  always  been  in  another  building 
from  our  dwelling  house  or  dormitory,  and  usually  a  con- 
siderable distance  from  it,  and  never  has  the  capacity  of 
our  various  York  Halls  equalled  the  demand  for  rooms. 
Most  of  the  time  the  majority  of  our  Chapter  members  had 
to  live  outside  of  York  Hall.  The  Omicron  Trust  Asso- 
ciation was  started,  among  other  reasons,  to  relieve  both 
of  these  defects.  The  Association  was  formally  organized 
at  389  Temple  Street,  New  Haven,  Thursday  afternoon, 
June  24th,  1886,  by  the  election  of  the  following  officers : 
Eugene  B.  Wilson,  President ;  W.  E.  Griggs,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Walter  R.  Downs,  Secretary,  and  E.  Y.  Foot, 
Treasurer. 


A  Board  of  Directors,  seven  in  number,  was  elected, 
tliree  of  whom  Cromwell,  Thompson  and  Bissell  have 
been  re-elected  at  each  annual  meeting  since.  The  board 
has  since  been  increased  to  eleven,  but  four  is  a  quorum 
of  the  board.  The  Association  can  issue  certificates  to 
the  amount  of  $75,000,  and  each  certificate  of  the  value  of 
five  dollars  entitles  the  holder  to  one  vote  at  the  annual 
meeting  or  any  special  meeting. 

The  first  year  the  Association  had  $1,700  in  the  bank, 
but  the  two  following  years  showed  a  marked  falling  off  in 
subscribers  and  a  lack  of  interests  in  our  objects.  At  a 
special  meeting  held  May  31,  1896,  at  161  E.  34th  Street, 
New  York  City,  the  then  Treasurer,  Bro.  Foote,  having 
to  live  in  Chicago,  offered  his  resignation  in  order  that  the 
active  officers  might  be  as  near  New  York  as  possible. 
The  offices  of  Treasurer  and  Secretary  were  consolidated. 
Brother  Thompson  was  elected  to  that  office.  All  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Association  from  that  time  were  assessed  upon 
the  individual  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

The  prosperity  of  the  Association  dates  from  the  night 
of  this  meeting.  This  was  due  almost  entirely  to  careful 
systematizing  and  the  untiring  zeal  of  the  Treasurer  in  his 
work  of  soliciting  and  collecting  subscriptions.  In  the 
Spring  of  1893  it  was  thought  wise  to  purchase  the  only 
corner  on  College  and  Wall  streets  not  belonging  to  persons 
connected  with  Yale  University.  Opposite  to  it  on  College 
Street  is  the  house  of  President  Dwight,  and  on  the  other 
corners  are  the  lodge  houses  of  "T  Company"  and 
"  Keys  Hall."  Twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  was 
the  price  of  this  corner,  37x90  feet,  with  a  frame  house 
upon  it.  One  year  after  purchasing  the  property  we  owned 
it  free  of  all  encumbrance.  Now  our  corner,  with  the  house 
we  have  just  finished  erecting,  is  valued  at  a  conservative 
appraisement  at  over  $65,000. 


The  frame  house  which  was  on  our  plot  we  rented  for 
several  years  while  accumulating  our  building  fund  at  a 
good  return,  but  an  unfortunate  fire  in  the  Spring  of  1896 
destroyed  the  use  of  the  building,  and  sooner  than  some  of 
us  thought  wise  we  were  compelled  to  build  our  new  house. 

The  Association  put  all  the  details  of  chosing  an  archi- 
tect, contractor,  etc.,  into  the  hands  of  an  executive  com- 
mittee of  five.  From  the  faculty  of  Shef.  we  had  every 
encouragement  and  courtesy,  and  it  is  owing  particularly 
to  certain  efforts  and  kindnesses  on  the  part  of  Professor 
Geo.  J.  Brush  that  we  were  enabled  at  this  time  to  erect 
our  building.  In  at  least  two  instances  he  has  removed 
obstacles  which,  without  his  help,  we  could  not  have  gotten 
around.  In  the  course  of  the  committee's  duties  several 
incidents  have  shown  to  us  how  human  nature  in  the 
highest  circles  of  intellectual  life  of  a  great  university  is 
subject  to  the  same  temptations  as  among  the  denizens  of 
Hester  Street. 


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The  only  difference  being  that  in  the  latter  case  an 
attempt  at  extortion  can  be  handled  without  gloves,  while 
in  the  former  we  can  resist  not  nearly  as  forcibly  or 
with  so  efficient  weapons.  Twice  legal  proceedings  begun 
without  cause  have  threatened  us,  but  Brother  W.  H.  Ely, 
an  associate  member,  has  piloted  us  skillfully  around  that 
rocky  danger.  Early  in  our  progress  we  met  an  obstruction 
coming  from  the  source  to  which  all  mankind  at  times 
must  yield,  that  is  all  male  mankind,  which  at  one  time 
threatened  to  destroy  our  project,  and  some  of  us  had  gone 
so  far  as  to  consider  postponing  building  until  we  could 
obtain  another  site,  and  in  the  meantime  erecting  on  our 
present  plot  an  income-producing  building  in  the  shape 
of  a  tall  apartment  house  or  possibly,  if  it  seemed  wise,  a 
factory  which  could  be  rented  for  a  price  to  bring  us 
sufficient  income  to  warrant  doing  so.  Luckily  that  ob- 
stacle was  also  overcome  although  not  without  considerable 
yielding  on  our  part,  but  this  injection  of  das  ezvige  weihliche 


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into  our  project  caused  changes  and  modifications  in  our 
plans  which  cannot  be  considered  anything  but  a  lasting 
detriment  and  injury  to  our  building. 

In  spite  of  this  feminine  short  sightedness  on  the  part  of 
the  power  behind  the  throne,  we  have  been  enabled  after 
all  to  erect  our  building,  and  if  it  is  not  as  massive  as  we 
had  planned,  and  if  the  height  of  the  stories  is  not  as  great 
as  we  wished,  we  should  remember  that  it  is  due  to 
judicious  diplomacy  on  the  part  of  some  high  in  authority 
in  Yale  University,  and  to  a  sober  and  happy  second 
thought  on  the  part  of  the  lady,  who  withdrew  her  first 
ultimatum,  that  we  were  allowed  to  put  up  any  dormitory 
at  all  on  our  plot  and  be  thankful  for  what  we  have  ob- 
tained. I  am  sure  that  perhaps  older  and  wiser  men  would 
have  withdrawn  completely  from  such  an  unequal  struggle. 

The  building  as  it  now  stands  is  Venetian  in  its  exterior. 
It  contains  in  the  basement  a  large  billiard  room,  trunk 
room,  bicycle  room,  servants  rooms,  toilet  rooms  and  a 
bath  room.  The  main  floor  has  first  a  large  hall  foyer  in 
front,  a  large  parlor,  a  library,  reception  room,  one  study 
and  two  bed  rooms.  The  three  upper  floors  contain  studies 
and  bed  rooms,  26  in  number,  19  of  which  are  bed  rooms. 
The  lodge  room  with  accessory  rooms,  is  on  the  fourth 
or  top  floor.  A  roof  garden  on  top  of  all  was  contemplated, 
but  this,  for  good  reasons,  was  not  added. 


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The  total  cost  of  the  building,  without  the  lot,  was  con- 
siderably over  $40,000.  This  does  not  include  furnishings, 
etc.  It  will  be  noticed  that  there  is  no  kitchen  or  dining 
room.  A  rule  of  the  corporation  of  Yale  University  with 
reference  to  Shef.  Society  Buildings  provide  that  "no 
arrangements  shall  be  made  to  furnish  board  in  the  building 
itself  to  its  occupants." 

The  rents  of  the  building  for  the  next  year  have  been 
placed  at  about  $3,800  by  the  students  who  will  reside  in  it. 
The  rents  vary  with  the  size  and  situation  of  the  rooms. 
A  sinking  fund  is  provided  for  by  a  subscription.  The 
House  Committee  which  regulates  all  matters  pertaining 
to  the  house  consists  of  two  graduates  and  one  under- 
graduate. The  house  belongs  to  the  Omicron  Trust 
Association  which  also  publishes  every  year  a  full  catalogue 
of  the  members  of  the  Omicron  Chapter,  as  well  as  con- 
ducting all  other  business  of  the  Association  through  its 
Board  of  Directors. 

JOSEPH  B.  BISSELL. 


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THE  LAST  CONVENTION. 

JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL  has  said:  *' Solid  success 
must  be  based  on  solid  qualities  and  the  honest  culture 
of  them." 

The  pronounced  success  of  the  last  Convention  from  a 
social  as  well  as  a  business  point  of  view,  was  due  simply 
to  two  of  these  qualities,  well  cultured  in  chapter  life.  The 
first  is  brotherly  love  and  the  second  harmony. 

The  Convention  was  held  at  the  Knickerbocker  Athletic 
Club,  at  Madison  Avenue  and  Forty-Fifth  Street,  New 
York,  an  ideal  place  for  the  purpose.  No  restrictions  were 
imposed  upon  those  attending  the  Convention,  and  the 
entertainment  offered  surpassed  all  expectations. 

All  of  the  chapters  but  four  had  representation  at  the 
Convention,  and  these  were  excusable  on  account  of  their 
great  distance  from  New  York  City.  It  was  very  grati- 
fying to  note  the  small  number  of  absentees  at  the  various 
sessions  of  the  Convention. 

The  roll  showed  the  following  delegates  entitled  to  seats: 
Alpha,  W.  M.  Smith  and  Hill  Hastings;  Beta,  H.  A.  Noble 
and  Geo.  F.  Ulmer;  Gamma,  Ivy  Lee;  Delta,  S.  L.  Harding 
and  A.  R.  Riggs;  Zeta.  N.  L.  Weidner;  Theta,  H.  D. 
Haight  and  E.  D.  Hooker;  Iota,  A.  E.  Sellenings;  Mu, 
W.  W.  Chapin  and  R.  C  Post;  Nu,  C.  S.  Cole ;  Xi,  J. 
G.  Tracy  and  H.  I.  Gannett ;  Omicron,  J.  P.  Drake  and 
W.  H.  Sykes;  Rho,  C.  B.  Neff  and  W.  R.  Hill;  Tan, 
Robt.  Moorman;  Phi,  A.  F.  Warren  and  C.  W.  Merriam; 
Psi,  H.  T.  Irwin  and  R.  C.  Congdon. 

Bearing  in  mind  the  efficient  services  of  Bro.  Holcombe 
Bacon,  Eta,  as  Alpha  of  Convention  at  last  year's  meeting, 
he  was  re-elected  to  that  position,  and  acquitted  himself 
admirably.  Bro.  Andrew  J.  Post,  Mu,  was  elected  Grand 
Alpha,  and  Bro.  Horace  D.  Haight,  Theta,  was  elected 
Grand  Gamma.  The  Convention  elected  as  orator  of  the 
next  Congress  Bro.  Emory  Speer,  of  Georgia,  who  has 


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already  promised  to  be  present  and  to  speak.  Bro.  Capers 
Dickson,  of  Georgia,  was  elected  as  poet  for  the  next 
Congress.  Routine  business  occupied  the  rest  of  the 
session  and  many  matters  of  importance  were  disposed  of. 
Members  desiring  to  familiarize  themselves  with  the  pro- 
ceedings should  write  to  the  Grand  Gamma  for  the  minutes, 
of  which  he  has  a  few  spare  copies. 

Contrary  to  the  usual  custom  of  holding  the  annual 
banquet  on  Saturday  evening,  it  was  deemed  advisable 
this  year  to  have  it  occur  on  Friday  evening.  This  event 
took  place  in  the  spacious  dining  hall  of  the  club,  which 
had  been  very  tastefully  decorated  for  the  occasion.  The 
menus  bore  a  very  pretty  monogram  of  the  fraternity  pin. 
The  Grand  Alpha,  Bro.  John  D.  Adams  acted  as  toast- 
master.  The  oration  was  delivered  by  Bro.  Isaac  P.  Smith. 
Bro.  Clarke,  Xi,  answered  to  Fort  Ball ;  Bro.  McCullough, 
Mu,  to  Pot-Pourri,  and  Bro.  Haight  to  the  "G.  G." 
These  were  interspersed  with  the  songs  of  old  Chi  Phi, 
and  by  the  melodious  strains  of  an  orchestra.  Despite 
the  precautions  of  those  having  the  banquet  in  charge,  the 
"autograph  fiend"  plied  his  trade.  All  brothers  should 
remember  that  the  banquet  is  a  regular  part  of  the  Con- 
vention, and  should  make  a  special  effort  to  aid  the  com- 
mittee by  their  presence. 

The  fraternity  group,  in  which  thirty-four  brothers 
appeared,  was  taken  on  Saturday  morning  in  front  of  the 
club. 

It  is  a  matter  of  great  satisfaction  to  note  the  general 
advancement  that  has  taken  place  during  the  past  year 
throughout  the  whole  fraternity.  It  is  not  a  sectional  im- 
provement, but  each  chapter  seems  to  have  launched  itself 
on  the  "  tide  that  leads  on  to  fortune." 


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OUR  FRATERNITY. 

ORATION  OF  THE  CONVENTION  OF  i8q6. 
BY  I.  P.  SMITH,  XI,  '94. 

T'HREE  years  ago  at  the  Convention  Dinner,  our  honored 
brother,  Juci|?e  Emory  Speer,  of  Georgia,  delivered  a 
most  eloquent  oration,  in  the  course  of  which  he  referred  in 
vigorous  words  to  the  Immigration  Laws  of  the  United 
States.  On  this  occasion  I  shall  so  far  emulate  the  ex- 
ample of  my  distinguished  predecessor  as  to  advert,  in 
terms  not  eloquent,  but  I  hope  vigorous,  to  the  Immigration 
Laws  of  the  Chi  Phi  Fraternity. 

I  shall  say  nothing  to-night  that  you  have  not  heard  or 
read  before.  I  shall  refer  to  nothing  with  which  you  are 
not  entirely  familiar.  1  shall  simply  endeavor  to  so  present 
well  known  facts  concerning  our  Fraternity  as  to  cause 
them  to  be  better  understood,  and,  I  hope,  better  remembered, 
than  they  would  be  in  an  isolated  state  or  uncommented 
upon. 

Our  Fraternity  is  neither  a  religious  body,  nor  a  political 
organization.  It  is  neither  a  scheme  for  the  relief  of  the 
poor,  nor  a  substitute  for  life  insurance.  It  advocates  no 
special  creed,  neither  does  it  seek  to  influence  legislation. 
It  does  not  deliver  to  its  members  homilies,  dealing  with 
the  demoralizing  effect  of  rags,  neither  does  it  ask  them  to 
support  the  families  of  their  deceased  brothers.  It  is  not 
even  a  social  organization  in  the  accepted  sense  of  that 
term.  I  measure  my  words  carefully  and  I  say,  that  it  is 
the  most  simple,  the  most  unobtrusive,  the  least  ostenta- 
tious and,  when  its  purpose  is  properly  carried  out,  the 
most  beneficial  order  within  my  knowledge. 

Our  Fraternity  is  a  body  which  owes  its  charter  to  the 
favor  of  no  municipality,  and  whose  existence  can  be  cut 
off  only  by  its  own  act.  It  is  a  body  whose  ranks  are 
swelled  through  the  medium  of  its  recruiting  stations— the 


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chapters;  and  these  chapters  are  recruiting  stations  and 
nothing  else ;  they  are  not  the  Fraternity.  The  separate 
petals,  perfect  though  they  be,  are  not  the  flower.  It  is  the 
grouping  of  these  petals  which  creates  the  dainty,  exquisite 
beauty  of  the  garden.  A  star  or  a  stripe  is  nothing  in 
itself.  It  is  the  grouping  of  those  stars  and  stripes  which 
furnishes  such  mighty  inspiration  when  our  grand  old  flag 
flings  its  folds  to  the  breeze.  It  is  in  the  grouping  of  the 
chapters  with  their  alumni,  and  in  their  perfect  unity  of 
purpose,  that  lies  the  reason  and  the  glory  of  our  Fra- 
ternity. 

"  Friendship,"  says  some  writer,  "like  the  immortality 
of  the  soul,  is  too  good  to  be  believed."  Our  Fraternity 
is  a  body  of  friends.  It  has  but  one  meeting  place,  and 
that  is  builded  on  the  solid  rock  of  friendship,  against 
which  the  winds  of  poverty  and  waves  of  adversity  may 
beat  and  beat  and  not  stir  one  jot  or  tittle.  Its  ideal  purpose 
is  to  choose  from  the  multitude,  men  who  can  enter  at  once 
upon  terms  of  intimacy  with  every  other  member  of  the 
Fraternity.  Its  practical  purpose  is  to  approach  that  ideal 
as  closely  as  possible.  For  the  badge  of  the  Fraternity  is 
"uniformity,"  and  its  shibboleth  or  password  is  "con- 
geniality." 

The  philosopher  Emerson  speaks  in  these  words :  * '  Life 
goes  headlong.  We  chase  some  flying  scheme  ***** 
But  if  suddenly  we  meet  a  friend  we  pause ;  our  heat  and 
hurry  look  foolish  enough."  And  the  truth  of  this 
philosophy  is  daily  demonstrated.  Often  and  often,  in  the 
streets  of  this  great  nerve-shattering  city,  do  we  see  a  man 
hastening  along  with  face  set  and  brow  all  lined  with 
thought,  deeply  absorbed  in  the  pursuit  of  "  some  flying 
scheme."  Often,  1  say,  do  we  see  such  a  man  stop,  the 
wrinkles  vanish,  the  face  softens,  and  the  hand  is  extended 
in  hearty  greating  to  some  valued  friend.  And  when  this 
man  has  passed  on  his  way  the  wrinkles  are  long  in  com- 
ing  back ;    the   mask  of   concentration    is   not   readily 


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reassumed,  and  the  man  is  refreshed.  But  what  is  it  which 
thus  lightens  the  jaded  mind  and  lends  vigor  to  the  wearied 
body?  it  is  that  great  thing— friendship,  to  the  creation 
and  perfection  of  which  we  have  dedicated  ourselves,  and 
it  is  a  purpose  most  noble.  What  is  it  that  makes  friend- 
ship possible?  It  is  the  power  of  that  which  wc  call 
**  congeniality." 

If  you  ask  me,  "what  is  congeniality?"  I  shall  be 
compelled  to  answer,  *'  I  do  not  know."  Men  have  for 
many  years  tried,  with  most  indifferent  success,  to  define 
the  words  "love"  and  "friendship"  with  accuracy.  If 
neither  of  these  can  be  defined  surely  congeniality,  which 
is  the  beginning  and  the  end  of  each  of  these,  is  impossible 
of  definition.  For  love  is  but  the  apotheosis  of  con- 
geniality, and  congeniality  is  but  the  quintessence  of 
friendship. 

Why  men  choose  their  friends  we  shall  never  know,  for 
even  they  cannot  tell  us.  We  can  only  say  that  it  is 
because  of  that  unknown  and  indescribable  power  which 
links  the  clever  with  the  stupid,  and  the  strong  with  the 
weak.  That  strange  power  which  can  bind  closely  together 
more  than  three  thousand  men  like  ourselves,  coming  from 
all  parts  of  the  country,  differing  in  age,  worldly 
possessions,  and  in  personalities,  and  most  dissimilar  in 
natures  ;  with  shackles  which  cannot  be  seen  nor  their  sub- 
stance analyzed,  but  which  can  be  felt,  though  they  do  twt 
chafe.  It  is  merely  a  matter  of  the  strength  of  the  rivets, 
whether  those  shackles  have  been  applied  at  the  dictates  of 
love  or  friendship. 

Of  love,  that  perfect  development  of  congeniality,  there 
can  exist  but  little  because  of  the  imperfections  of  man— 
and  woman.  Next  to  love  then,  friendship  is  the  greatest 
thing  in  the  world.  It  is  the  only  thing  that  makes  life 
really  worth  the  living.  Wealth,  fame,  the  graces  of 
body  and  mind,  what  can  any  or  all  of  these  avail 
their  possessor,  if,  beyond  and  beneath  lies  something 


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indefinable  and  incomprehensible,  which  repels  every  one. 
I  have  known  men  who  seemed,  at  least,  to  be  congenial 
to  no  one,  and  my  heart  went  out  to  them  in  pity,  for  life's 
most  priceless  joys,  the  joy  of  an  honest  friendship  or  an 
absorbing  love  could  never  be  theirs,  and  their  existence 
was  plainly  stony,  self-repressed  and  bitter. 

"  Those  friends  thou  hast  and  their  adoption  tried, 
"Grapple  them  to  thy  soul  with  hoops  of  steel, 
"But  do  not  dull  thy  palm  with  entertainment 
"Of  each  new-hatched,  unfledged  comrade." 

The  advice  of  Polonius  to  Laertes  is  old,  but  it  will  be 
wisdom  as  long  as  the  world  stands.  That  man  who  puts 
aside  a  friend  who  has  been  tried  and  found  true,  offends 
against  the  laws  of  nature ;  but  that  man  who  takes  into 
his  bosom  one  who  has  not  been  tried  is  a  fool.  Such  a 
man  not  only  destroys  the  faith  of  others  in  his  judgment, 
but  he  may  be  warming  into  activity  a  viper,  which  will 
raise  an  army  of  progeny  to  march  over  the  Fraternity, 
blotting  out  all  our  carefully  erected  castles  of  happiness 
and  setting  up  their  tents  of  disaster  on  the  ruins. 

Are  you  so  careful  now  to  bind  to  you  *'  with  hoops  of 
steel"  those  whose  adoption  has  been  tried?  Are  you 
so  fearful  now  lest  you  dull  your  palms  with  entertainment 
of  new-hatched,  unfledged  comrades?  Is  the  standard  at 
our  recruiting  stations  maintained  as  earnestly  as  it  should 
be?    I  say,  "A^o." 

I  ask  you  this :  If  I  were  to  request  each  one  of  you  now 
at  study,  to  return  to  your  respective  colleges,  and  out  of 
the  various  Freshmen  classes  to  choose  me  a  friend,  would 
you  not  hesitate  long  and  criticise  most  severely  before  you 
committed  yourself?  Would  you  choose  me  my  friend 
because  of  his  riches,  or  his  comeliness,  or  his  family,  con- 
sisting as  Mark  Twain  would  say,  "  of  three  or  four 
generations  of  American,  Colonial,  Dutch  peddler,  salt-cod 
aristocracy? "  or  would  you  rather  disregard  all  these  and 
choose  him  simply  because  he  was  congenial  ioyou,  knowing 


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that  he  could  become  tny  friend  because  >'o«  were  con- 
genial to  me  ?  There  is  no  doubt  as  to  what  course  you 
would  pursue  if  the  matter  presented  itself  to  you  in  this 
light,  and  1  want  to  make  it  clear  that  this  is  precisely  the 
situation  that  exists  at  all  times. 

The  responsibility  upon  your  shoulders  is  immense,  and 
their  are  certain  considerations  which  ought  to  weigh  with 
you  most  heavily.  For  a  chapter  to  pass  quietly  out  of 
existence  or  to  suspend  its  functions  for  a  time  when  the 
class  of  men  from  which  it  has  to  pick  offers  no  proper 
material,  is  not  a  disgrace  ;  it  is  an  act  which  reflects  upon 
those  involved  the  highest  and  most  distinguished  honor. 

1  beg  you  to  remember  that  each  year  you  are  choosing 
from  the  multitude  men  whom  I  and  every  member  of  this 
Fraternity  is  bound  to  regard  as  a  friend.  Remember  that 
the  new  man  whom  you  choose  is  not  to  be  merely  such  an 
one  as  you  can  associate  with  for  a  period  of  nine  months 
out  of  each  of  four  consecutive  years  without  getting  more 
than  moderately  tired  of ;  but  such  an  one  as  you  will  be 
proud  to  own  as  the  friend  of  your  choice,  and  such  an  one 
as  each  member  of  the  Fraternity  will  be  glad  to  claim  as  a 
brother,  in  all  countries,  in  every  plane  of  society,  and  not 
only  for  a  period  of  four  years,  but  for  year  after  year,  and 
year  after  year,  until  death  us  do  part.  Remember  that  he 
should  be  such  a  man  as  you  would  be  proud  to  introduce 
into  your  families,  into  your  homes;  to  make  known  to 
your  fathers  with  their  years  of  experience  in  the  critical 
judgment  of  men;  to  your  mothers,  with  their  keen 
intuitions  and  with  their  wholesome,  old-fashioned  notions 
about  "wine,  women  and  song;"  to  your  future  trusting 
wives,  whose  judgment  will  be  your  judgment ;  but  above 
all  and  beyond  all,  he  should  be  such  a  man  as  you  would 
willingly  and  proudly  bring  into  the  society  of  your  inex- 
perienced, innocent  and  pure-minded  sisters. 

The  Fraternity  is  now  entering  upon  a  new  administra- 
tion.   To  you  who  are  in  college,  and  who  stand  as  sentries 


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about  our  stronghold,  I  say ;  and  had  I  strength  would  say 
it  in  tones  to  ring  in  your  ears  like  a  roil  of  drums,  until 
your  power  to  give  us  unwittingly  into  the  hands  of  the 
enemy  had  forever  ceased— to  you,  I  say — watch  with  eyes 
of  the  sharpest  and  listen  with  ears  of  the  keenest  lest 
there  slip  past  your  outposts  even  one  whose  manner  in  any 
way  suggests  the  Ephraimite,  or  whose  lips  falter  and 
whose  tongue  fails  him  in  his  utterance  of  our  shibboleth 
"congeniality." 


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THE  CONVENTION  OF  'NINETY-FIVE 

'THE  7ist  Convention  was  noted  for  the  unanimity  of 
action,  and  in  this  way  was  in  decided  contrast  to  some 
recent  assemblies  of  similar  nature.  The  splendid  feeling 
exhibited  and  the  congeniality  of  the  delegates  from  the 
different  Chapters  made  the  older  members  hope  for  great 
things  for  our  Fraternity  in  the  future. 

The  Convention  met  at  the  New  Manhattan  Athletic 
Club,  New  York,  and  was  called  to  order  at  i  P.  M., 
Friday,  November  2C)th,  by  the  Grand  Alpha,  Bro.  John 
D.  Adams.  Bros.  T.  M.  Vinton,  Beta,  and  W.  L.  Mulli- 
gan, Xi,  were  appointed  doorkeepers,  and  after  prayer  by 
Bro.  M.  E.  Craft,  Mu,  the  following  Committee  on  Cre- 
dentials was  appointed  by  the  Grand  Alpha:  Bros. 
Holcombe  Bacon,  Eta;  J.  R.  Kinzer,  Zeta,  and  F.  P. 
Trask,  Phi.  Their  report  showed  the  following  delegates 
entitled  to  seats:  Alpha,  S.  H.  McKim ;  Beta,  H.  A. 
Noble  and  Carl  Schuttler ;  Delta,  1.  L.  Reed  and  E.  B. 
Fithian ;  Zeta,  J.  R.  Kinzer  and  L.  Weidner;  Eta,  W.  A. 
Harris  and  Holcombe  Bacon  ;  Theta,  F.  P.  Amsden  and  E. 
D.  Hooker ;  Iota,  E.  E.  Arnold  and  M.  Whitacer ;  Lambda, 
L.  C.  Ralston ;  Mu,  G.  Kollstede  and  W.  W.  Chapin ; 
Xi,  H.  I.  Gannett  and  J.  Hill,  Jr.;  Omicron,  H.  Meinken 
and  J.  F.  Bonnell ;  Rho,  R.  H.  Parker  and  W.  R.  Hill ; 
Phi,  F.  P.  Trask  and  A.  F.  Warren  ;  Psi,  C.  F.  Scott  and 
H.  T.  Irwin. 

Bro.  Holcombe  Bacon,  Eta,  was  elected  Alpha  of  Con- 
vention, and  presided  gracefully  at  all  meetings.  Bro. 
Geo.  Hillyer,  Jr.,  Eta  and  Xi,  was  unanimously  re-elected 
Grand  Gamma.  The  report  of  the  Grand  Lodge  showed 
that  most  of  the  Chapters  had  recognized  the  necessity  of 
a  chapter  house,  and  that  those  not  already  provided,  were 
taking  steps  toward  procuring  such  desirable  property. 
When  the  time  came  for  electing  a  Grand  Alpha  only  one 
name  was  presented,  that  was  John  D.  Adams,  Xi,  who 


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was  unanimously  re-elected.  Bro.  I.  P.  Smith,  Xi,  was 
then  elected  Chancellor,  and  Bro.  S.  H.  Brockunier,  Beta, 
was  elected  Grand  Zeta.  The  Convention  photograph, 
which  is  reproduced  here,  was  taken  Saturday  morning, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  session  was  given  entirely  to 
business. 

The  banquet  was  Saturday  evening,  in  the  main  dining 
hall  of  the  Club.  The  tables  were  beautifully  arranged, 
and  reflected  great  credit  upon  the  committee  in  charge. 
The  number  present  was  not  nearly  as  large  as  it  should 
have  been,  and  the  writer  thinks  that  the  members  in  the 
vicinity  of  New  York  do  not  take  as  much  interest  in  this 
banquet  as  they  should. 

Bro.  Adams,  Xi,  presided,  and  delivered  the  "Address  of 
Welcome.  Bro.  Thompson,  Omicron,  responded  to  the 
toast,  "Chi  Phi,"  and  then  Bro.  Macy,  Xi,  was  called 
upon  for  an  "  Anecdote,"  which  he  gave  in  his  inimitable 
fashion.  Bro.  Cole,  Alpha,  responded  to  "  South  of  Mason 
and  Dixie's  Line;"  Bro.  Schuttler,  Beta,  answered  to 
"  Chi  Phi  in  Boston  Town,"  and  Bro.  Smith,  Xi,  told  us 
about  "The  Last  of  the  Chancellors."  Bro.  Dorrance, 
Delta,  '69,  then  closed  with  the  toast,  "One  of  Our 
Boys."  The  speeches  were  intermingled  with  songs  and 
cheers,  and  the  banquet  closed  with  a  grand  march  around 
the  tables. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  could  not  have  selected 
a  better  place  for  the  Convention  ;  the  boys  were  given  the 
freedom  of  the  club  and  enjoyed  the  privilege  immensely. 
Nothing  was  left  undone  that  should  have  been  done  and 
we  hope  that  nothing  was  done  that  should  have  been  left 
undone. 


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BUILDING  A  CHAPTER  HOUSE. 

•The  question  of  each  chapter  of  our  Fraternity  owning  a 
*  building  planned  and  built  witii  the  express  object  of 
being  the  house  of  the  chapter,  is  becoming  each  year  of 
greater  importance.  The  life  and  customs  of  the  years  gone 
by  are  only  found  as  traditions  in  the  active,  up-to-date 
chapters  of  the  leading  fraternities  of  to-day.  Yesterday, 
with  its  rented  rooms  at  the  top  of  several  flights  of  narrow, 
badly  lighted  and  worse  ventilated  stairs,  in  some  old- 
fashioned  office  or  store  building,  is  gone,  and  to-day  is 
here  with  its  handsome  lodges  fitted  up  with  every  con- 
venience for  secret  conclave  and  comfortable,  if  not 
luxurious,  living  or  social  festivity. 

This  article  has  to  deal  with  the  Fraternity  House  of  to- 
day ;  why  each  and  every  chapter  should  build  one,  and 
the  most  satisfactory  way  to  do  it. 

No  one  in  the  Fraternity  will  question  the  advantages 
that  the  ownership  of  a  well-equipped  Chapter  House 
brings.  This  is  perhaps  more  particularly  appreciated  by 
the  younger  members.  The  older  members  are  more 
familiar  with  the  old  regime  where  rented  rooms  some- 
where or  anywhere  were  satisfying,  for  all  their  rivals  were 
similarly  accommodated.  Now-a-days  the  members  of  our 
homeless  chapters  see  their  more  fortunate  house-owning 
rivals  easily  persuading  the  annual  flock  of  Freshmen  to 
be  gathered  into  their  well-equipped  lodges— lodges  in 
which  one  is  proud  to  claim  ownership. 

Gradually  the  feeling  grows  that  a  house  is  a  power,  and 
first  one  and  then  another  is  heard  to  say,  *'  Well,  tee  must 
have  a  house.  I  wonder  how  we  can  get  one?  For  it  is 
quite  evident  that  we  must  have  one."  Quite  true, 
brothers,  you  must  have  a  house  of  your  own.  To- 
day the  chapter  without  a  house  of  its  own  is  falling  behind 
in  the  Fraternity  race. 

It  is  after  all  not  such  a  difficult  matter  to  own  your  own 


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house,  and  to  have  it  built  simply  and  solely  for  the  par- 
ticular needs  of  your  own  particular  chapter.  With  the 
many  reputable  building  and  loan  associations  scattered 
throughout  the  country,  money  can  be  obtained,  and  your 
house  built  and  absolutely  paid  for  in  a  stated  period  of 
time,  and  this,  too,  at  but  a  slight  advance,  in  some  cases 
perhaps  none  at  all,  in  the  excess  of  the  rent  you  are  now 
paying  every  year  for  uncomfortable  and  unsuitable 
quarters. 

Probably  there  is  not  one  of  our  chapters  without  a  long 
list  of  enthusiastic  graduate  members,  who,  if  the  need  was 
but  only  presented  to  them,  would  willingly  subscribe  to  a 
Chapter  House  Fund,  who  would  take  pride  in  the  Chapter 
House  that  would  result  from  their  liberality,  and  who 
would  always  continue  to  give  in  order  that  the  house 
might  become  more  and  more  nearly  perfect  as  time 
went  on. 

This  is  the  way  our  more  fortunate  chapters  have  already 
provided  themselves  with  lodges.  An  old  proverb  says 
that  the  first  step  is  the  difficult  one.  Let  our  homeless 
chapter  take  their  first  step ;  begin  a  house  fund.  It  will 
grow ;  grow  sufficiently  to  buy  the  lot  that  some  other 
faternity  also  wants,  and  the  lot  once  bought  means  a 
house  soon  started.  So  get  to  work  brothers  and  begin 
your  fund. 

Having  a  lot  then  comes  the  house  question.  How  shall 
the  house  be  arranged?  This  is  a  question  that  calls  for 
various  answers,  yet  outside  of  a  few  local  organizations 
here  and  there,  the  average  college  Fraternity  is  building 
up  a  class  of  house  that  is  distinct  in  itself,  and  is  but  little 
suited  to  any  other  kind  of  organization,  and  still  less 
suited  to  private  uses.  The  Fraternity  house  should,  and 
its  best  examples  do,  contain  all  the  accommodations  and 
conveniences  necessary  to  satisfy  the  daily  life  of  the 
college  man. 

It  must  be  arranged  not  only  for  his  study,  but  for  his 


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recreation,  for  his  eating  and  his  sleeping,  and  must  also 
be  adapted  to  the  peculiar  workings  of  a  secret  Paternity. 

All  the  requirements  may  be  divided  into  four  groups  or 
sub-divisions:  (i)  Study.  (2)  Living,  (sleeping, eating, 
sanitation).     (3)  Social.    (4)  Executive. 

The  study  or  individual  student's  working  room  has 
been  placed  first  because  the  work  of  the  College  or  Uni- 
versity must  be  attended  to  in  order  that  the  chapter  exist 
at  all.  In  the  earlier  Chapter  Houses  built,  and  indeed  in 
some  now  being  planned,  the  study  and  bed  room  are  con- 
nected, forming,  with  a  bath  room  in  the  more  expensive 
ones,  a  complete  suite  of  apartments.  This  close  connec- 
tion of  the  two  rooms,  whose  functions  are  entirely  differ- 
ent, has  many  drawbacks,  the  principal  of  which  are  these : 
(i)  The  bed  room  is  occupying  too  prominent  and  too 
valuable  a  position,  and  forcing  some  other  study  into  an 
inferior  location.  (2)  The  bed  room  cannot  be  properly  and 
sufficiently  ventilated,  and  if  a  high  degree  of  comfort  is 
required  it  leads  to  an  excessive  expenditure  for  plumbing. 

At  one  of  our  well-known  universities  the  system  of  de- 
voting one  entire  floor  to  bed  rooms  and  bath  rooms  and 
another  floor  to  study  rooms  is  being  followed.  The  top 
floor  is  preferably  devoted  to  the  bed  and  bath  rooms ;  the 
floor  below  to  the  study  rooms.  With  this  arrangement  it 
is  always  possible  to  utilize  the  study  floor  where  large 
entertainments  are  given,  leaving  the  sleeping  and  toilet 
apartmets  undisturbed. 

The  first  floor  is  generally  given  up  entirely  to  the  social 
life  of  the  chapter.  Often  a  guest  room  is  provided  on  this 
floor,  and  of  course  such  necessities  as  cloak  and  toilet 
rooms  and  a  convenient  room  for  committee  meetings. 
The  first  floor  should  be  cut  up  as  little  as  possible,  and  so 
arranged  that  the  various  rooms  may  be  thrown  as  nearly 
as  possible  into  one. 

The  basement  should  contain  such  rooms  as  the  Bicycle 
Room,  Janitor's  quarters,  Heater  and  Coal  Rooms,  Kitchen 


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and  Pantry.  (The  Dining  Room  and  Butler's  Pantry 
being  provided  for  on  the  floor  above.) 

The  Lodge  Room  and  its  accompanying  rooms,  the  all- 
important  part  of  every  well  regulated  Fraternity  House, 
must  occupy  considerable  space,  must  be  easy  of  access, 
but  at  the  same  time  absolutely  cut  off  from  the  rest  of  the 
house.  It  is  usually  placed  either  above  the  sleeping 
rooms  or  in  the  basement.  The  latter  position  is  now  being 
largely  used. 

Our  four  divisions  thus  seem  naturally  to  occupy  the 
following  positions  in  the  house : 

Basement. —StTvice,  (Heating,  Ventilating,  Supplies, 
Storage). 

First  Floor. — Social,  (Music,  Reading,  Conversation, 
Guests,  also  Dining). 

Second  Floor. — Study. 

Third  F/oor.— Sleeping,  Toilet. 

The  arrangement  here  outlined  will  of  course  be  varied  to 
suit  varied  tastes  and  needs,  but  in  general  is  perhaps  the 
logical  develpoment  of  the  modern  Chapter  House. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  before  many  years  every  chapter  of 
our  Fraternity  will  build  and  own  its  own  house.  The 
effect  it  has  on  a  chapter  is  indeed  striking.  It  refines,  it 
checks  carelessness,  and  develops  order;  it  is  a  school 
whose  teachings  are  never  forgotten,  and  last,  but  by  no 
means  least,  if  properly  managed  is  a  good  financial  in- 
vestment. 

It  has  been  found  desirable  in  most  cases  to  place  the 
management  of  the  property  in  the  hands  of  the  alumni  of 
the  chapter,  from  among  whom  an  executive  committee 
can  be  elected  which  will  be  responsible  for  its  manage- 
ment, leaving  the  actual  daily  care  in  the  hands  of  the 
chapter. 

This  short  article  will  have  amply  fulfilled  its  mission 
if  it  encourages  our  still  homeless  chapters  to  remain  so  no 
longer.     Already  we  can  point   with   pride   to    several 


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beautiful  chapter  houses.  Already  some  of  our  chapters 
have  growing  house  funds.  Let  the  chapters  that  have 
neither  begin  the  good  work  without  delay. 

ARTHUR  N.  GIBB,  '90. 


I 


THE  FOUNDING  OF  CHI  PHI. 

TN  this  progressive  and  aggressive  age  it  has  become  the 
fad  to  try  to  break  down  long-established  facts  and 
traditions ;  to  such  an  extent  has  this  become  the  custom 
that  one  often  stops  to  wonder  if  these  would-be  realists 
will  not  attempt  to  convince  us,  by  logical  reasoning,  that 
we  are  not  living,  just  as  they  used  to  do  in  our  freshman 
days  of  logic  and  rhetoric. 

We  attribute  to  this  spirit  of  unrest — not  to  use  a  harsher 
term— the  many  inquiries  of  late  in  regard  to  the  true  date 
of  the  founding  of  Chi  Phi,  and  for  the  benefit  of  these 
inquisitors  we  reprint  from  Chi  Thi  Quarterly,  January, 
1890,  a  portion  of  a  letter  written  to  the  Annual  Conven- 
tion of  that  year  by  Henry  C.  Piatt,  of  the  old  Princeton 
Order.  In  this  connection  we  desire  to  say  that  we  see  no 
reason  to  change  the  date  of  our  origin  in  1824  to  that  of 
our  reorganization  in  1854.  Such  a  course  might  satisfy  a 
few  rivals  who  lay  claim  to  a  date  earlier  than  1854,  but  it 
would  not  be  in  conformity  with  the  facts,  nor  would  it  add 
anything  to  our  reputation  for  historical  accuracy. 

Letter  to  Brother  G.  A.  Smith  from  Brother  H.  C.  Piatt, 
dated  New  York,  November  12,  1889 : 

*  *  ^  "  Pardon  these  personal  allusions.  And  now  to 
history.  I  joined  the  Chi  Phis  in  1855  at  Princeton 
College,  by  the  invitation  of  my  intimate  friend  and  class- 
mate, John  Maclean,  Jr.,  of  Indiana,  a  nephew  of  the  (then) 
President  of  'Old  Nassau,'  (John  Maclean).  He  resided 
in  the  President's  house — that  is,  he  ate  and  slept  there, 
but  the  balance  of  his  time  was  chiefly  spent  in  room  No.  16 
East  College,  where  my  room-mate,  Sylvester  Woodbridge, 
of  California,  and  myself  occupied  apartments. 

"  During  his  residence  with  his  uncle,  John  Maclean,  Jr., 
discovered  among  some  old  papers  in  the  house  the  Consti- 
tution, By-Laws  and  Records  of  '  The  Secret  Order  of  Chi 
Phi,'  of  1824,  and  with  Mr.  Mayer  (whose  first  name  I  do 
not  now  recall)  and  Charles  S.  DeGraw,  then  students  at 
Princeton,  revived  and  refounded  upon  the  basis  of  the  old 
Order  the  Princeton  Chapter  of  Chi  Phi.    When  I  joined 


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the  Chapter  in  1855  there  were  but  few  members.    Secret 
societies  were  then  under  the  ban  of  the  faculty.    I  now 
recall  Charles  S.  DeGraw,  Mayer,  Maclean,  Woodbridge. 
Conover  and  Van  Dyke.    A  few  others  were  '  initiated 
after  1  became  a  member. 

"  John  Maclean,  Jr.  (after  I  became  a  member),  often 
talked  with  me  about  the  ancient  origin  of  the  Order,  and 
showed  me  the  old  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  1824. 
which  were  then  stained  yellow  with  age.  I  have  seen  and 
handled  those  documents.  He  told  me  he  had  discovered 
them  among  some  old  papers  in  his  uncle's  house,  and 
then,  after  learning  their  contents,  he  and  Mayer  and 
DeGraw  determined  to  revive  the  Order,  and  that  such 
was  the  origin  of  the  Chi  Phi  Chapter,  which  1  have 
joined. 

*'  I  have  an  old  autograph  book,  in  which  I  find  an  auto- 
graph of  John  Maclean,  Jr.,  from  which  the  following  is 
an  extract : 

**'DEAR  CLAY: 

'* '  The  ties  that  unite  us  are  too  strong  to  be  broken  even 
by  absence.  Our  friendship  is  not  of  the  kind  springing 
from  mere  transient  acquaintance.  We  have  been  engaged 
in  many  transactions  together,  the  recollection  of  which 
will  only  depart  with  life  or  reason.  *  *  *  Truly  there 
never  was  such  another  place  as  No.  16  East.  *  *  * 
Having  for  three  years  sailed  in  company,  our  voyages 
now  lead  us  in  opposite  directions— you  to  the  East  and  I 
to  the  West.  It  is  more  than  probable  that  we  will  never 
meet  on  earth.  Yet  rest  assured  that  wherever  you  roam 
you  carry  with  you  the  best  wishes  of  your  friend  and 
brother,  who  pens  these  hasty  lines.  When,  in  the  sweet 
sunset  of  life,  you  look  upon  the  halcyon  days  of  your 
youth,  permit  an  occasional  thought  to  dwell  upon  the 
memory  of 

•*  •  Your  affectionate  friend  and  brother, 

"'JOHN  Maclean,  Jr., 

**  •  May  20,  i8«;8.'  "  '  Of  Indiana. 

**  If  I  had  then  imagined  or  realized  that  the  Chi  Phi 
Fraternity  would  grow  into  its  large  and  flourishing  organ- 
ization of  the  present  day,  and  that  its  origin  at  Princeton 
would  ever  have  been  questioned,  I  should  have  made  and 
preserved  copies  of  its  original  Constitution  and  By-Laws 
and  its  records  of  proceedings,  as  I  had  then  the  opportu- 
nity to  do.  »  *  * 


"  Cicero  has  said  that  '  friendship  is  the  only  thing  in 
the  world,  concerning  the  usefulness  of  which  all  mankind 
are  agreed.'  The  mission  of  Chi  Phi  is  to  extend  frater- 
nity and  friendship.  It  meets  a  want  among  young  men 
in  our  institutions  of  learning ;  it  answers  their  yearning 
for  brotherhood  and  good  fellowship  when  separated  from 
their  home  and  the  companionship  of  home  friends;  it 
creates  and  cements  lasting  friendships  in  the  early  season 
of  life,  when  men  are  most  susceptible  of  warm  and  affec- 
tionate impressions.  The  gradual  culture  of  kind  inter- 
course brings  brotherhood. 

*'  I  desire  to  be  remembered  to  all  my  brothers.  May 
they  have  a  glorious  reunion  and  a  happy  banquet. 
Though  absent  in  body,  I  am  with  them  in  spirit,  for 

"  '  I  count  myself  in  nothing  else  so  happy, 
As  in  a  soul  rememb'ring  my  good  Friends.' 

'*  Fraternally  yours, 

"  HENRY  C.  PLATT." 


CHI  PHI  IN  TEXAS. 

CCATTERED  over  Texas,  the  largest  State  of  the  Union, 
were  about  twoscore  Chi  Phis  at  the  beginning  of 
1892.  These  men  were  of  all  ages,  came  from  many 
States,  chiefly  of  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  but  also  of  the 
thriving  Northwest,  and  were  engaged  in  various  pur- 
suits. They  also  represented  considerably  more  than  a 
majority  of  the  Chapters  of  our  Order.  The  fact  of  being 
college  men  gave  them  many  interests  in  common,  but 
led  to  little  feeling  of  comradeship,  and  to  even  less  co- 
operation, for  this  rarely  brought  them  into  communication, 
or  indeed  so  much  as  informed  them  of  one  another's  exist- 
ence. Their  common  membership  in  Chi  Phi,  however, 
was  a  strong  bond  uniting  them,  and  when  little  groups 
happened  to  be  gathered  together  in  the  larger  cities  occa- 
sional personal  reunions  took  place.  But,  inspiriting  as 
is  the  wholesome  conviviality  and  other  spontaneous  inter- 
course of  men  bound  together  by  common  interests,  espe- 
cially when  these  cluster  about  the  genuinely  human 
fraternity  life  of  their  impressionable  college  days,  the 
past  is  not  the  strongest  bond,  is  not  the  firmest  founda- 
tion on  which  to  build  association.  Reminiscence,  absent 
in  youth,  is  no  more  than  occasional  pastime  in  maturity; 
and  only  in  old  age,  when  ambition  and  hopes  have  been 
laid  aside,  does  it  become  the  dominant  interest.  Active 
men  cannot  long  be  held  together  unless  they  are  engaged 
in  assisting,  or  at  the  least  in  watching,  the  growth  of 
some  enterprise  in  which  all  of  them  are  interested.  Before 
'92  the  Chi  Phis  of  Texas  were  united  by  no  such  object  of 
solicitude.  Much  of  interest  might  be  said  about  the  doings 
of  individual  Chi  Phis,  but  of  Chi  Phi  life  nothing,  for  it 
was  not. 

With  the  establishment  of  Nu  Chapter  our  Fraternity 
appeared  in  Texas.  In  view  of  recent  happenings,  a  few 
words  on  the  conditions  surrounding  this  event  may  be  of 
interest. 


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In  the  fall  of  1891  Bro.  Walter  Lefevre,  sometime  Grand 
Zeta,  came  to  Austin  as  assistant  to  the  chair  of  philoso- 
phy in  the  State  University.  He  found  the  university  poor, 
but  situated  in  a  State  rich  in  resources,  so  far  neglected 
by  the  people  that  funds  and  lands  expressly  set  aside  for 
its  support  had  been  diverted  to  serve  other  needs  as  they 
arose.  He  found  an  institution  with  undeveloped  possi- 
bilities—a place  where  a  Chapter  of  the  Chi  Phi  would 
thrive.  As  the  value  of  the  work  done  by  the  university 
came  to  be  generally  appreciated,  more  adequate  provision 
would  be  made  for  its  support  out  of  the  State's  ample 
resources  and  the  clear  injustice  done  it  would,  once  the 
public  conscience  was  aroused,  act  as  the  most  effective 
force  in  the  accomplishment  of  this  result.  This  enthusi- 
astic and  well-justified  faith  in  the  future  was  further 
founded  on  the  considerable  and  growing  results  already 
accomplished.  Among  the  faculty  were  several  men  of 
ability  and  mark,  and  at  least  one  of  eminence  in  the 
learned  world.  The  growing  board  were  earnestly  inclined 
to  improve  the  personnel  of  the  faculty  as  new  appointments 
made  that  possible.  The  student  body,  a  factor  of  more 
immediate  importance,  while  crude,  contained  first-class 
fellows.  Many  of  these  were  enrolled  in  other  Frater- 
nities, but  a  sufficient  supply  was  available  to  found  a 
Chapter,  and  these  men  and  their  successors  could  be 
counted  on  to  make  an  increasingly  successful  fight  for 
Chi  Phi,  as  year  after  year  brought  in  its  stock  of  avail- 
able aspirants. 

The  founding  of  Nu  Chapter,  on  March  19,  1892,  under 
the  direction  of  Bros.  Walter  and  Arthur  Lefevre,  Alpha, 
and  Bros.  Van  Zandt  and  Goodrich,  Theta,  the  committee 
appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  has  already  been  described 
by  the  first-named  brother  in  CHAKETT,  and  need  not  be 
gone  into  here. 

Brother  Walter  Lefevre's  faith  in  the  Texas  University 
as  a  proper  home  for  a  Chapter  of  Chi  Phi  has  been  amply 


justified  by  the  facts,  and  that  in  spite  of  grave  difficulties 
at  the  time  impossible  to  foresee.  Nu  Chapter  received  her 
hardest  blow  in  Brother  Lefevre's  most  untimely  death  in 
i8g4.  During  the  two  years  he  passed  here  he  untiringly 
aided  and  fostered  the  Chapter  he  was  chiefly  instrumental 
in  establishing.  A  frequent  attendant  at  meetings,  few  steps 
were  taken  without  his  advice.  He  stimulated  the  under- 
graduate brothers  to  a  wholesome,  enterprising  activity, 
and  taught  them  to  enjoy  all  the  advantages  of  member- 
ship in  Chi  Phi.  He  aimed  with  success  at  picking  Nu's 
initiates  from  among  the  best  men  the  college  offered,  and, 
so  far  as  his  short  term  of  life  allowed,  he  instilled  in  the 
Chapter  the  habit  of  devotion  to  the  highest  college  ideals. 
His  noble  enthusiasm,  distinguished  ability,  high  character 
and  standing  in  the  community,  made  him  a  guide  and 
champion  in  the  university,  and  with  Chi  Phis,  parents 
and  others  influential  with  students,  such  as  few  Chapters 
are  so  fortunate  to  possess.  Had  he  lived,  no  one  can 
doubt  that  Nu  would  without  delay  have  taken  her  rank 
among  our  very  best  Chapters.  I  had  not  the  fortune  to 
know  Prof.  Walter  Lefevre,  but  as  his  successor  in  the 
chair  of  philosophy,  with  access  to  important  portions  of 
his  literary  remains,  I  may  be  allowed  to  add  that  the  cause 
of  philosophy,  in  which  he  was  so  deeply  interested,  lost  in 
him  a  worker  of  high  promise,  with  a  mind  keen,  original, 
and,  I  believe,  conservative. 

It  is  possible  that  Brother  Lefevre  would  have  done  more 
for  Nu  if  he  had  done  less.  Accustomed  to  rely  on  his 
guidance  and  initiative,  the  Chapter  was  in  no  small  degree 
at  a  loss  when  deprived  of  these.  This  occurred  during 
the  college  year,  opening  in  the  fall  of  '93.  At  the  same 
time,  the  maturer  judgment  and  strong  enthusiasm  of  the 
charter  members  failed  the  Chapter.  None  returned  except 
Bro.  Claude  Hamilton,  whose  stay  was  short.  The  Chap- 
ter was  guided  at  this  time — difficult  in  more  ways  than 
one— by  unexpecting  and  unaccustomed  hands.    A  mistake 


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or  two  in  adding  to  the  membership  was  the  natural 
result  of  this  dispiriting  situation  and  lack  of  experience. 
Besides,  the  operation  of  these  and  other  causes,  to  be  men- 
tioned later,  prevented  the  initiation  of  a  sufficiently  large 
number,  and  that  at  the  time  when  this  loss  of  old  members 
was  largest.  The  college  year  of  '93-'94  was  a  most  diffi- 
cult one  for  Nu,  but  its  errors  had  salutary  as  well  as  inju- 
rious effects.  Since  then  the  brothers  have  been  brought 
closer  together,  and  more  care  and  energy  have  been  exer- 
cised in  adding  to  the  chapter  roll. 

The  financial  straits  of  the  university,  of  the  state  gov- 
ernment, and  of  the  people  at  large,  seriously  added  to  the 
other  difficulties  of  the  situation  at  this  inopportune  time. 
Before  1893  the  university,  steadily  growing,  had  legitimate 
expectations  from  the  state,  and  these  the  state  was  able 
and  ready  to  meet  with  substantial  recognition.  On  the 
one  hand,  the  state  government  was  out  of  debt,  and,  in 
fact,  had  a  surplus ;  on  the  other,  well-disposed  alumni 
held  positions  of  influence  in  both  branches  of  the  Legisla- 
ture. But,  unfortunately,  an  honestly  convinced  dema- 
gogue was  in  the  governor's  chair,  a  dangerously  popular 
man  of  strong  personality.  The  state's  one  need  was 
capital  to  develop  its  rich  resources,  and  already  hostile 
legislation  at  his  instigation  had  driven  much  capital  away 
and  prevented  more  from  coming.  In  the  spring  of  '93,  in 
spite  of  warnings,  official  and  unofficial,  that  a  deficit  would 
follow.  Governor  Hogg  recommended  and  carried  through 
the  legislature  a  measure  further  lowering  the  tax  rate, 
though  at  the  time  it  was  lower  in  Texas  than  in  any 
state,  two  excepted.  The  deficit  promptly  followed,  and 
for  the  greater  part  of  the  time  during  the  last  three  years 
the  state  has  met  its  obligations  in  warrants,  salable  only 
at  a  heavy  discount.  It  has  been  necessary  to  exercise  the 
strictest  economy  in  all  appropriations,  and  the  university, 
chiefly  dependent  upon  such  sources  for  its  support,  has 
with  the  greatest  difficulty  barely  succeeded  in  preventing 


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a  shrinkage  of  its  small  income.  In  this,  however,  the 
university  has  been  more  fortunate  than  other  state  insti- 
tutions, the  legislature  so  far  favoring  it  as  to  make  suffi- 
cient appropriations  to  cover  loss  of  income  arising  from 
the  impossibility  of  renting  its  lands  during  the  business 
depression  of  the  last  three  years. 

Had  it  not  been  for  bungling  financiering  the  university 
would  certainly  have  been  very  generously  treated.  As  it 
is,  the  former  tax  rate  having  meantime  been  restored,  the 
friends  of  the  university  hope,  with  considerable  confidence, 
that  the  next  winter's  legislature  will  make  a  permanent 
appropriation  of  a  one-tenth  mill  on  each  dollar  of  assessed 
property  for  its  support.  This  would  bring  in  a  handsome 
and  a  growing  income.  Such  acts  have  marked  the  begin- 
ning of  the  prosperity  of  all  state  universities  in  whose 
interest  they  have  been  passed. 

In  spite  of  the  adverse  circumstances  mentioned,  Nu  took 
a  fresh  start  a  year  and  a  half  ago.  Fortune  had  it  that 
in  the  fall  of  '94  three  Chi  Phis,  Bros.  Arthur  Lefevre, 
Alpha,  McRae,  Eta,  and  Mezes,  Lambda,  should  be  called 
to  the  university  faculty,  while  the  opening  in  '95  was 
cheered  by  the  return  for  advance  work  of  Bros.  Hill  and 
Oldright,  charter  members,  who  had  been  absent  for  two 
years  in  Germany.  Even  the  dark  cloud  which  gathered 
so  suddenly  a  year  ago  with  threat  of  annihilation,  fortu- 
nately to  disappear  as  quickly,  was  not  without  its  silver 
lining.  Nu  has  been  tried,  and  has  not  been  found  want- 
ing- The  sense  of  danger  endured  in  common,  the  partly 
just  and  wholly  helpful  criticism,  have  toned  her  up  in 
every  way. 

To-day  she  is  a  staunch  Chapter,  with  bright  prospects, 
and  in  a  growing  university.  The  sad  death  of  Brother 
Oldright,  already  chronicled  in  CHAKETT,  was  the  one 
dark  spot  on  an  otherwise  bright  year. 

Nu  has  been  active  in  several  directions  during  the  present 
year.    Two  of  her  undertakings  may  be  of  general  interest. 


)S 


Last  fall  there  was  a  cherished  and  well-marked-out  plan 
for  building  a  Chapter  house,  set  on  foot  by  Brother  Hill, 
a  most  enthusiastic  and  fertile  schemer.  The  method  de- 
vised for  raising  the  necessary  money  was  practical,  and 
this,  generally  the  most  difficult  problem,  could  be  con- 
sidered virtually  solved. 

Plans  and  specifications  were  under  discussion  for  a 
sightly  frame  house  with  eight  good  bed-rooms,  and  for  the 
best  of  these  a  lively  rivalry  had  declared  itself.  During 
the  hot  days  here  a  southeast  room  is  heaven,  and  a  north- 
west is — not.  An  essential  itinerant  of  the  scheme,  how- 
ever, was  that  the  house  should  be  built  on  the  campus. 
To  this  the  faculty  and  the  regents  were  favorable,  and  the 
permission  asked  would  certainly  have  been  granted ;  but, 
unfortunately,  a  state  law  forbids  the  erection  of  frame 
buildings  on  public  lands.  This  left  two  alternatives — 
building  in  stone  or  brick,  or  buying  a  lot  for  the  purpose, 
neither  of  which  is  possible  at  present.  Some  active  and 
alumni  brothers  do  not  regret  the  failure  of  the  scheme, 
regarding  the  campus  as  an  undesirable  location,  owing  to 
possible  faculty  interference  and  demands.  Others,  with 
whom  I  agree,  apprehend  no  danger,  rather  wholesome 
restraint,  in  that  direction.  Both  confidently  hope  for  a 
club-house  at  no  distant  date — the  former  a  frame  structure 
on  a  purchased  lot,  the  latter  a  beautiful  stone  edifice  on 
the  campus.  But  a  house  Nu  must  have.  No  Fraternity 
here  has  one  so  far. 

An  inspection  of  our  Chapter  roll  will  show  that,  while 
Chi  Phi  has  strong  Chapters  in  the  larger  and  more  liberal 
universities,  she  nevertheless  has  preferred  and  has  chiefly 
flourished  in  colleges  and  technical  schools.  Indeed,  so 
strong  is  the  latter  tendency  that  our  Chapters  in  univer- 
sities which  include  scientific  departments  chiefly  recruit 
their  membership  from  these.  That  this  twofold  restric- 
tion is  a  fact  admits  of  no  doubt.  That  it  is  to  be  regretted, 
in  view  of  the  limitations  thereby  put  on  Chi  Phi  influence, 


is,  in  my  judgment,  no  less  plain.  It  is  natural,  however, 
that  there  should  be  differences  of  opinion  on  this  point, 
and  that  those  concerned  in  the  future  of  Chi  Phi  should 
advocate  different  policies.  One  party,  well  organized  and 
headed  by  the  present  Grand  Alpha,  have  little  desire  for 
expansion  or  for  adding  to  our  Chapter  roll  in  the  larger 
institutions.  Or,  to  put  it  otherwise,  they  would  regard 
such  things  as  dearly  bought  if  obtained  at  the  sacrifice  of 
the  close,  personal,  almost  consanguineous,  intimacy  so 
prominent  in  Chi  Phi's  past  and  present.  They  feel  that 
widely-scattered  Chapters  cannot  be  so  intimately  united ; 
that  in  the  complex  life  of  the  larger  institutions  interest  in 
Chi  Phi  can  be  but  one  among  many  others ;  that  in  uni- 
versities the  need  for  the  human  and  emotional  experience, 
so  richly  contributed  by  Chi  Phi,  is  not  so  strongly  felt  as 
in  mechanical  schools,  with  their  three  or  four  prescribed, 
laborious  and  unimaginative  curricula.  It  cannot  be  doubted 
that  these  apprehensions  are  largely  justified.  The  mem- 
bers of  a  tight  little  Fraternity  in  a  compact  little  college 
are  more  intimate  than  those  of  a  sprawling  octopus  in  all 
sorts  of  places  at  once. 

The  opposition  party,  on  the  other  hand,  are  anxious 
that  Chi  Phi  should  become  the  leading  Fraternity  of  the 
country.  They  very  earnestly  desire  to  plant  Chapters  in 
the  best  universities,  believing  that  Chi  Phi,  while  holding 
to  the  essential  characteristics  to  which  ail  are  devoted,  has 
in  notable  instances,  and  can  again,  adapt  herself  to  the 
conditions  present  in  large  and  liberal  universities,  and  that 
distant  outposts  will  remain  such  only  so  long  as  cordons 
of  intermediate  Chapters  do  not  establish  communication 
with  headquarters. 

As  already  indicated,  your  historian's  sympathies  are 
strongly  with  the  opposition  party.  The  important  point, 
however,  is  that  Nu  is  a  crucial  experiment  in  the  direction 
of  expansion.  The  University  of  Texas  is  destined  to  be- 
come a  great  university,  something  which  is  not  true  of  by 


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any  means  all  the  Colleges  in  which  Chi  Phi  is  located, 
though  it  should  be  added  that  in  proportion  to  the  number 
of  our  Chapters  we  have  representation  in  fewer  small  col- 
leges than  have  most  other  Fraternities.  The  Texas  Tech- 
nical School,  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College, 
having  a  distinct  location  at  Bryan,  the  university  proper 
will  confine  itself  exclusively  to  liberal  arts  and  pure  sci- 
ence. Finally,  Nu  is  more  isolated  from  the  centre  of  Chi 
Phi  life  than  is  any  other  Chapter.  If  Nu  waxes  in 
strength  and  prosperity— and  if  Lambda  and  others  have 
why  should  she  not?— much  will  be  done  to  show  that 
Chi  Phi  is  capable  of  expanding  into  a  truly  national  col- 
lege Fraternity.  Indeed  the  conditions  at  the  University  of 
Texas  are  peculiarly  favorable  for  such  a  growth.  The 
institution,  though  big  with  destiny,  is  young,  and  there 
are  to  be  found  here  none  of  those  rooted  prejudices  and 
traditions  which  make  it  so  difficult  for  new  Chapters  to 
gain  a  foothold.  Already  Chi  Phi's  latest  bantling— may 
she  be  delivered  of  many  more !— born  amidst  joy  and  fos- 
tering care,  has  passed,  not  without  grace,  through  the 
awkward  teething  period.  Soon  Nu  will  be  a  sturdy 
stripling,  and  later  will  attain  maturity,  and  be  jovial, 
wholesome,  kind  and  strong.  Old  age  Chi  Phi  Chapters 
never  attain  ;  all  enjoy  the  boon  of  perpetual  youth. 
Sidney  e.  Mezes, 

Lambda,  '84. 

Note. — Since  Bro.  Mezes's  article  was  written  not  only 
has  the  personnel  of  the  Council  changed,  but  Nu  has 
been  greatly  strengthened  by  the  accession  of  Bro.  George 
Tayloe  Winston,  North  Carolina  Alpha,  '70,  and  Xi,  '74, 
late  President  of  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  as 
President  of  the  University  of  Texas. 


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CHI  PHI  IN  THE  FAR  WEST. 

"THERE  was  not  a  little  danger  involved  in  the  experiment 
of  granting  a  charter  of  Chi  Phi  to  the  petitioners  who 
applied  from  the  University  of  California  in  1875.  The 
other  Chapters  were  all  in  the  Eastern  and  Southern  States, 
the  only  exception  being  that  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan,  which 
had  been  established  two  years  before.  No  true  fraternity 
spirit  had  then  t)een  developed  at  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  there  was  no  possibility  of  personal  communi- 
cation between  the  older  Chapters  and  the  struggling  infant 
in  the  far  West.  Even  had  Fraternities  in  general  been 
better  understood,  there  was  a  distinct  danger  in  the  lack 
of  intercourse  with  the  older  members  of  the  family  of 
Chapters.  The  true  Fraternity  has  a  personal  character  as 
distinctive  and  as  strong  as  that  of  the  individual  man. 
In  the  college  Fraternity  more  than  In  any  other  organiza- 
tion each  member  is  molded  and  guided  in  his  development 
by  the  others.  At  that  period  of  his  life  when  he  is  most 
open  to  outside  influences  he  is  brought  into  the  most  inti- 
mate associations  with  others  who  have  themselves  been 
subjected  to  similar  training.  Though  the  membership  of 
an  active  Chapter  is  continually  changing,  four  short  years 
sufficing  to  wholly  change  its  personnel,  there  are  always 
enough  trained  members  remaining  to  preserve  its  essential 
character  and  spirit  throughout  its  existence. 

In  the  case  of  Lambda  there  was,  therefore,  a  serious 
question  as  to  how  it  would  develop.  Unrestrained  by  the 
steadying  influences  of  the  older  Chapters  during  the  for- 
mative period,  unfamiliar  with  the  traditions  of  the  Fra- 
ternity that  should  direct  its  growth  and  govern  its  actions, 
there  was  a  reasonable  fear  that  it  would  become  nothing 
more  than  a  social  club,  whose  interests  would  not  reach 
beyond  the  walls  and  campus  of  its  individual  college. 

But  it  was  a  period  of  expansion  in  the  Fraternity.  The 
few  years  preceding  the  granting  of  the  charter  to  Lambda, 


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had  seen  no  less  than  nine  Chapters  established  throughout 
the  country.  The  greater  number  of  these  Chapters  were 
flourishing,  and  some  of  them  have  since  become  among 
the  strongest  in  the  Fraternity.  Therefore,  despite  the  un- 
fortunate experience  at  Oglethorpe,  in  Georgia,  the  petition 
was  favorably  acted  upon. 

There  were  also  local  influences  that  made  for  success. 
Three  of  the  petitioners  had  been  members  of  older  Chapters 
in  the  Eastern  States,  and  were  imbued  with  the  spirit  as 
well  as  the  enthusiasm  of  Chi  Phi.  Brother  Eustace  B. 
Rogers  has  since  let  the  whole  Fraternity  feel  that  his  en- 
thusiasm has  by  no  means  died  out,  and  the  two  Brothers 
Ostrander  have  given  frequent  proof  that  their  interest  in 
Lambda  did  not  cease  with  their  college  life. 

It  was  the  accidental  meeting  of  these  three  at  Berkeley 
that  suggested  the  establishment  of  a  Chapter  here.  The 
story  of  Brother  Ostrander' s  cane  with  a  Chi  Phi  mono- 
gram carved  upon  it  has  been  so  oft  repeated  that,  lest  this 
should  fall  under  the  eye  of  some  son  of  Lambda,  I  shall 
refrain  from  telling  it.  They  selected  seven  of  their  college 
mates  whom  they  deemed  worthy,  and  with  this  charter 
membership  Lambda  was  launched  on  the  troublous  Greek 
sea.  There  were  two  seniors,  two  juniors,  three  sopho- 
mores, and  three  freshmen — an  excellent  division,  since  it 
insured  the  life  of  the  Chapter  until  it  should  have  time  to 
prove  its  right  to  existence. 

Five  other  members  were  afterwards  selected  from  these 
four  classes,  and  then  the  class  of  '79  entered.  It  was  the 
largest  class  that  had  entered  the  University,  and  Lambda 
is  accustomed  to  claim  that  she  secured  the  cream  of  the 
class.  This,  however,  is  open  to  suspicion  as  being  the 
the  statement  of  an  interested  party.  Be  that  as  it  may, 
fifteen  members  of  the  class  were  initiated,  and  the  Chapter 
was  on  the  high  road  to  prosperity.  The  next  three  classes 
added  richly  to  the  number  and  quality  of  the  membership, 


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a  Chapter  house  was  secured  and  comfortably  furnished 
and  the  outlook  for  the  future  seemed  bright  indeed. 

The  next  chapter  in  the  life  of  Lambda  was  a  dark  one. 
The  University  of  California  offers  an  education  without 
charge  to  any  who  will  accept  the  opportunity.  The  Fra- 
ternities selected  their  membership  from  among  the  class 
that  was  socially  congenial,  and  many  were  left  out  in  the 
cold.  Some  of  these  "  outside  barbarians  "  were  the  sons 
of  honest,  hard-working  people,  who,  denied  the  advan- 
tages of  an  education  for  themselves,  appreciated  its  ad- 
vantages for  their  children.  These  children,  reared  in  the 
most  rigid  economy,  were  shocked  at  the  apparent  ex- 
travagance of  the  more  well-to-do,  and  saw  in  them  a 
menace  to  the  existence  of  the  university,  if  not  a  danger 
to  the  whole  state.  To  them  the  Fraternities  were  a  school 
of  extravagance,  their  houses  were  dens  for  the  destruction 
of  the  land.  The  extreme  puritan  spirit  has  been  guilty  of 
foolish  experiences  before,  and  probably  will  be  again. 

An  anti-fraternity  crusade  was  inaugurated,  and  the 
war  was  on.  Charges  and  counter-charges  were  hurled 
back  and  forth,  and  extreme  bitterness  of  feeling  was  en- 
gendered. In  their  heat  and  anger,  things  were  said  that 
were  wholly  untrue,  and,  perhaps,  both  were  more  or  less  to 
blame.  The  outcome  was  that  the  faculty  sided  with  the 
**  anti-frats,"  and  a  ban  was  issued  prohibiting  all  students 
from  belonging  to  any  Fraternity.  Fraternity  life  ended 
for  a  time  but  naturally  the  Fraternity  members  clung  to- 
gether, for  there  was  no  ban  against  friendship. 

This  condition  of  affairs  did  not  last  long,  however. 
The  faculty  soon  saw  that  they  had  made  a  mistake,  and 
the  ban  was  removed.  But,  in  the  meantime  a  new  diffi- 
culty had  arisen.  It  had  become  the  fashion  to  go  to 
Eastern  colleges,  and  the  University  of  California  was 
suffering.  There  was  not  sufficient  desirable  material  to 
recruit  the  depleted  ranks  of  the  Fraternities.  Some  of  the 
Fraternities  lowered  their  standard  of  selection  and  initiated 


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members  they  would  not  have  considered  under  other  cir- 
cumstances, and  later  paid  the  inevitable  penalty.  For  a 
few  years  Lambda  hovered  between  life  and  death.  At 
one  time  the  year  opened  with  only  two  active  members  in 
the  Chapter.  But  they  struggled  along,  true  to  their  duty 
to  the  Fraternity  and  to  themselves.  The  class  of  '87 
brought  some  relief;  the  next  class  strengthened  them 
more,  and  '89  brought  them  assurance  that  for  a  time,  at 
least,  the  Chapter  was  safe.  The  ten  classes  that  have 
entered  since  that  time  have  each  brought  a  good  delegation 
for  Chi  Phi.  There  is  a  tradition  in  the  Chapter  that  the 
active  membership  should  not  exceed  twenty  at  any  time, 
and  during  the  last  ten  years  the  membership  has  been 
within  one  or  two  of  that  number.  At  present  the  limit 
has  just  been  reached. 

A  review  or  Chi  Phi  on  the  Pacific  coast  is  necessarily  a 
a  review  of  the  Lambda  Chapter  since  it  remains,  as  it 
started  the  only  Chapter  in  the  extreme  West.  Whether 
we  caught  and  maintained  the  true  spirit  of  Chi  Phi  is  a 
question  that  must  be  answered  by  those  brothers  from 
other  Chapters  who  have  visited  us.  We  know  that 
Lambda  has  a  character  that  is  distinct  from  that  of  any 
of  the  other  Fraternities  here,  and  we  know  that  in  enthu- 
siasm and  devotion  to  the  Fraternity  we  are  second  to  none. 

As  to  the  future — who  can  lift  that  veil  ?  The  university 
is  steadily  increasing  in  strength,  the  number  of  students  is 
increasing  so  rapidly  as  to  cause  embarrassment.  The 
faculty  look  upon  the  Fraternities  as  an  assistance  to  them 
instead  of  a  menace.  The  difficulties  of  the  past  are,  there- 
fore, not  likely  to  be  repeated.  All  depends  upon  the 
personnel  of  the  active  Chapter,  and  I  have  been  sufficiently 
in  touch  with  them  during  the  twenty  years  since  I  was 
one  of  them  to  feel  certain  that  I  voice  the  conviction  of 
Lambda's  alumni  when  I  say  that  the  future  of  the  Fra- 
ternity is  safe  in  their  hands. 

F.  L  VASSAULT, 

Lambda,  '79. 


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FROM  A  NEW  ENGLAND  CHI  PHI. 

'THE  distinctive  feature  of  the  work  of  the  Chi  Phi  Fra- 
ternity during  the  last  five  years  has  been  its  purpose 
to  raise  its  standard.  It  has  not  satisfied  the  leaders  in  Chi 
Phi  to  do  as  well  as  has  been  done  in  the  past— to  allow 
Chapters  to  represent  the  same  grade  of  Chapter  life  as 
ten  years  ago.  This  is  the  age  of  progress.  Each  year  we 
must  not  only  do  as  well  as  any  previous  year,  but  we 
must  advance  or  we  fail.  As  the  telephone,  the  telegraph, 
the  steam  engine,  the  ocean  steamer  give  each  successive 
year  a  marked  degree  of  improvement  in  service,  so  the 
Fraternity  must  be  up  and  awake,  on  the  move  ahead. 
Men  of  the  next  decade  must  be  better  equipped,  more  able 
men  than  the  men  of  to-day  to  accomplish  the  same  rela- 
tive degree  of  success.  As  a  result  it  is  not  a  slur  upon 
the  standard  of  the  men  ten  years  out  of  college  that  our 
Fraternity  demands  to-day  a  higher,  better  grade  of  men 
than  the  alumni  of  the  classes  of  '75-'85  represented 
when  in  college.  If  our  Phi  Chapter  is  not  taking  in  better 
men  than  we  had  in  my  college  days  she  has  not  only  not 
advanced  but  must  inevitably  have  fallen  back  in  her 
relative  position  in  the  Fraternity. 

So  let  the  movement  for  better,  higher  standard  be 
pushed  for  its  whole  worth.  A  mark  of  Chi  Phi  progress 
is  the  adoption  of  a  common  Chi  Phi  pin — a  registered  pin 
— every  brother  wearing  exactly  the  same  badge.  The  Chi 
Phi  pin  has  in  the  past  represented  the  most  beautiful  jewel 
of  all  Fraternity  emblems,  but  it  is  not  a  mark  of  high 
standard  to  wear  a  pin  that  the  fairer  sex  admire  and  desire 
for  their  own  adornment.  This  kind  of  admiration  has 
pleased  many  a  Chi  Phi  youth  who  enjoys  the  tender 
admiration  of  the  fair  sex  but  it  has  not  elevated  Chi  Phi 
to  have  its  medium  of  recognition  diverted  from  its  real 
purpose  to  the  butterfly  life.  The  new  pin  is  simple, 
inexpensive  and  stands  for  Chi  Phi  principles,  Chi  Phi 
genuineness  and  Chi  Phi  progress. 


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In  New  England  there  never  has  been  a  time  when  Chi 
Phi  has  been  so  highly  respected,  when  a  more  earnest, 
loyal  effort  was  being  made  to  raise  the  standard  still 
higher.  Boston,  New  Haven  and  Amherst  are  so  located 
that  New  England  is  well  covered.  Each  Chapter  repre- 
sents different  classes  of  students  so  that  the  student  of 
each  gets  a  valuable  insight  into  life  as  lived  under  different 
environments.  The  financial  standing  of  the  New  England 
Chapters  shows  steady  advancement.  The  permanency 
of  Chi  Phi  in  New  England  is  best  assured  by  her  in- 
creasing and  financial  worth. 

From  my  sixteen  years'  view  of  Fraternity  life  I  con- 
fess a  deeper  interest  in  college  Fraternities,  and  in  Chi  Phi 
particularly,  than  at  any  time  since  I  rode  the  goat  at 
Amherst.  My  interest  in  the  Fraternity  is  beyond  senti- 
ment and  the  pleasures  of  good  fellowship,  and  centered  in 
the  value  a  first-class  Fraternity  can  give  the  college  man 
in  his  college  life  and  after  graduation.  A  man  goes  to 
college  to  be  equipped  for  his  life  work.  Many  instead  of 
being  helped  by  their  college  life  are  handicapped  because  of 
the  false  conception  of  their  relation  to  the  world.  In  fact 
it  is  often  said  among  business  men  of  to-day  that  college 
education  unfits  men  for  successful  life.  Even  granted  that 
as  many  men  are  injured  by  college  life  as  are  helped  it 
does  not  necessarily  prove  that  the  advantages  of  college 
are  undesirable,  but  that  the  advantages  of  college  life  are 
misused. 

Rich  mens'  sons  do  not  as  often  make  unusual  successes 
in  business  or  professional  life  as  those  who  find  themselves 
in  youth  under  the  necessity  of  making  a  life  and  death 
effort  for  advancement.  The  rich  man's  son  should  make 
the  greater  success  because  of  his  greater  opportunities. 
The  college-educated  man  should  excel  beyond  his  less 
fortunate  brother  and  be  well  provided  if  he  makes  proper 
use  of  his  advantages. 


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The  Fraternity,  -pre-eminently  Chi  Phi,  should  supple- 
ment the  college  work  and  life  to  make  Chi  Phis  better 
equipped  because  of  their  Fraternity  connection  and  direct 
them  more  surely  toward  true  success  in  after  life.  Never 
has  there  been  a  time  when  greater  ability  was  demanded 
than  to-day;  fewer  can  make  successes,  but  success  to-day 
is  of  greater  value  and  of  higher  degree  than  in  the  past. 

Let  us  make  the  most  of  Chi  Phi  progress,  Chi  Phi 
enterprise,  Chi  Phi  advantages. 

C.  E.  KELSEY, 

Phi,  '84 


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CHI  PHI  AND  PATRIOTISM. 

TN  this  great  and  free  country  of  ours  there  clings  to 
every  heart  a  true  patriotic  spirit,  developed  and  fostered 
by  the  traditions  of  the  past,  and  the  circumstances  of  the 
hour.  Disguise  it  as  we  may  at  times,  by  the  thoughts 
that  other  nations  have  improved  on  our  system  of  self 
government;  invariably  we  return  to  our  original  belief 
that  the  land  of  Yankee  Doodle  owes  its  supremacy  to 
none.  Much  of  this  feeling  of  true  patriotism  in  its  highest 
sense,  is  intensified  by  our  associations  with  Chi  Phi. 

The  one  central  idea  of  our  Fraternity  is  the  enoblement 
of  the  fraternal  feeling  one  for  another;  fostering  and 
bringing  out  the  good  parts  in  a  man,  serving  to  raise  him 
to  a  better  plane  of  citizenship,  to  a  finer  patriotic  feeling. 

That  is  to  say,  a  good  and  consistent  Chi  Phi  has,  by 
the  nature  of  his  fraternal  obligations,  a  deeper  sense  of 
the  patriotism  which  he  owes  to  his  country.  It  is  inter- 
esting to  note  the  fact,  so  substantially  demonstrated  of 
late,  how  many  Chi  Phis  are  identified  with  the  patriotic 
societies  of  the  nation. 

It  goes  without  saying  that  we  are  proud  of  our  ances- 
tors, who  took  up  the  cause  of  liberty  and  independence  at 
Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill;  who  bore  privations  and  dis- 
asters without  end,  that  we  in  our  generation  might  share 
the  results  of  their  struggle.  And  looking  through  the 
dim  distance  of  the  glorious  past,  we  as  Chi  Phis,  can  be 
thankful  that  we  are  in  some  degree  linked  to  such  patriotic 
heroism,  and  for  the  future,  feel  a  stronger  and  more  perfect 
regard  for  our  duty  as  citizens. 

With  a  sterling  sense  of  the  patriotic  spirit  of  our 
ancestors,  and  an  inspiring  degree  of  respect  and  devotion 
to  our  nation  we  can  not  go  far  astray. 

Our  duties  for  the  future  are  very  closely  defined.  Let 
us  stand  firmly  for  a  high  principle,  for  uprightness  in 
every  station.    Let  us  have  such  positive  convictions  that 


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we  may  be  above  party,  and  for  our  country  and  her 
common  good  at  all  times  and  in  all  places. 

Then  shall  we  be  in  truth  sincere  Chi  Phis  and  reflect 
credit  and  honor  upon  our  dear  Fraternity. 

WILLIAM  SQUIRE  HiLL, 

Xi.  '78 


THE  SPRINGFIELD  BANQUET. 

A  MIDST  college  cheers  and  Fraternity  songs  forty  mem- 
bers of  the  Chi  Phi  Fraternity  sat  down  to  their  fifth 
annual  banquet  last  evening  at  the  Cooley  House.  It  is 
the  anuual  banquet  held  in  this  city  by  the  New  England 
Chapters,  including  those  located  in  New  York  State. 
Amherst,  with  fifteen  men,  as  usual,  had  the  largest  repre- 
sentation. Yale,  with  eight  men,  and  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  being  next.  The  other  colleges 
being  represented  were  Cornell,  Rutgers,  Troy  Polytechnic 
Institute  and  Columbia  University.  After  the  menu  was 
gone  through  with,  W.  H.  Ely,  of  New  Haven,  toastmaster 
of  the  banquet,  opened  the  toast  list  by  speaking  at  some 
length  upon  the  duty  of  both  the  graduate  and  under- 
graduate members  of  the  various  Chapters  to  their  Fra- 
ternity. Rev.  John  W.  Conklin,  of  this  city,  responded  to 
the  toast,  "  Dealing  with  the  Sociological  view  of  the 
Fraternity."  He  considered  that  the  Fraternity  life  of  a 
college  corresponded  to  that  of  the  family  life  at  home.  He 
was  followed  by  A.  W.  Earle,  of  the  Winchester  Repeating 
Arms  Company,  of  New  Haven,  and  a  graduate  of 
Columbia  University  in  the  class  of  '77.  He  told  of  his 
recent  Western  trip  when  he  visited  the  Chapter  of  the 
Fraternity  located  at  the  University  of  California.  Next 
followed  the  toasts  by  undergraduate  members  of  the  Fra- 
ternity, headed  by  a  response  by  A.  H.  Warren,  '97,  of 
Amherst  College.  He  brought  forth  the  importance  of  the 
firm  financial  foundation  of  the  Fraternity  and  how  it 
should  be  kept.  He  was  followed  by  George  W.  Delaney, 
'98,  of  Yale  University.  He  spoke  in  behalf  of  the  Yale 
Chapter,  which  hoped  to  occupy  its  large  new  house  in  a 
few  months.  The  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 
was  represented  by  Carl  Schuttler,  '97,  who  reported  the 
prospering  condition  of  his  Chapter  in  Boston.  He  was 
followed  by  L.  C.  Wason,  Secretary  of  the  Association  of 


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the  New  England  Chapters.  He  brought  out  forcibly  the 
value  of  these  reunions,  and  expressed  a  sincere  hope  that 
next  year  the  attendance  would  be  still  larger. 

Following  his  toast  W.  L.  Mulligan,  '98,  from  Cornell 
University,  and  Horace  D.  Haight,  '98,  of  the  Troy  Poly- 
technic Institute  responded  in  behalf  of  their  Chapters. 
Amasa  Walker,  of  Harper's  Educational  Department,  and 
a  member  of  the  Fraternity  Council,  responded  at  length 
to  a  toast  entitled  the  "  Congeniality  of  the  Fraternity." 
He  brought  the  fact  of  the  great  significance  of  forming 
acquaintances  and  holding  to  them.  He  was  followed  by 
several  other  speakers,  who  brought  out  the  different 
features  of  the  Fraternity.  At  the  close  a  business  meeting 
was  held,  when  W.  H.  Ely  was  re-elected  toastmaster 
for  next  year,  and  L.  C.  Wason  was  also  re-elected  secre- 
tary. Those  present  from  Amherst  were  :  A.  H.  Warren, 
W.  C.  Duncan,  A.  P.  Durgin,  C.  W.  Merriam,  F.  N. 
Dewar,  H.  M.  Messinger,  James  C.  Graves,  Henry  J. 
Storrs,  James  W.  Russell,  Arthur  V.  Lyall,  F.  J.  Ross,  A. 
LeRoy  Halford,  F.  Ellis  Ramsdell,  George  F.  Smith,  '94 ; 
S.  H.  Williams,  '85,  and  William  H.  Ely,  '77.  From 
Yale:  H.  B.  Jackson,  N.  Fowler,  W.  M.  Hall,  W.  G. 
Woolfolk,  Henry  Meinken  and  A.  W.  Earle.  From 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology:  A.  P.  Underbill, 
'96 ;  W.  Curry,  Alexander  R.  Holliday,  Amasa  Walker, 
L.  C.  Wason,  '91;  Carl  Schuttler,  C.  S.  Koch  and  H.  G. 
Fish,  '96.  From  Cornell:  W.  L.  Mulligan  and  W.  R. 
Gibbs;  from  Troy  Polytechnic  Institute,  E.  D.  Hooker 
Horace  D.  Haight ;  from  Rutgers,  Rev.  John  W.Conklin  ; 
from  Columbia,  A.  W.  Earle. — Springfield  Republican,  Feb. 
2h  1897- 


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CHAPTER  HISTORIES. 


ALPHA,  UNIVERSITY  OF  VIRGINIA. 

ALPHA  Is  just  beginning  to  recover  from  the  blow  dealt 
her  three  years  ago,  when  eleven  of  her  seventeen  men 
took  degrees.  For  the  past  two  years.  Alpha  seeing  few 
desirable  men,  held  back.  Initiating  one  man  only  in  1894* 
95,  and  three  in  '95-'96. 

During  those  years  we  also  had  great  trouble  with  the 
local  branch  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  which  refused  to  give  op 
to  us  a  lot  on  which  nine  years  ago  they  gave  us  an 
option  lasting  for  ten  years.  Finally  toward  the  latter  part 
of  last  year,  plans  were  matured,  and  we  hope  that  the  end 
of  this  session  will  see  our  Chapter  House  nearing  its  com- 
pletion. 

Last  session  we  began  with  five  old  members,  Bros. 
Cloud,  Huger,  Jones,  Marshall  and  Smith.  Early  in  the 
year  Bros.  McKim,  of  Baltimore,  and  Watts,  of  Ports- 
mouth, Va.,  were  added  to  our  number,  and  a  little  later  we 
welcomed  as  new  members  Bro.  Sandford,  of  Covington, 
Kentucky,  and  Bro.  Parrish,  of  Portsmouth,  Va.  Of 
these  Bro.  Cloud  (B.  L.,  '96)  is  practicing  law  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.;  Bro.  Jones  is  In  the  English  and  American 
Encyclopedia  of  Law  Library,  at  Northport,  N.  Y.;  Bro. 
Smith.  (M.  A.,  '95)  is  in  a  law  office  in  New  York  City ; 
Bro.  Parrish  is  in  Portsmouth,  and  Bro.  McKim  is  in  busi- 
ness in  Baltimore.  Bro.  Marshall  is  in  a  law  office  in 
Baltimore,  and  Bro.  Sandford  is  studying  medicine  in  New 
York  City. 

The  two  remaining  members  have  returned  to  college  and 
worked  hard  to  keep  old  Alpha  where  she  properly  belongs 
in  the  social  and  political  life  of  the  University.  The  out- 
look at  the  beginning  of  the  present  session  was  very 
blue.  But  just  such  an  extremity  is  what  urges  men  to 
hard  work,  and  then,  too,  fortune  favored  us  by  sending  to 
college  a  crowd  of  good  men,  many  of  whom  we  knew 
personally,  others  by  reputation. 


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Our  efforts  were  crowned  with  such  success  as  neither 
of  us  had  dared  hope  for,  and  we  now  with  much  pleasure 
and  no  small  amount  of  pride  present  to  the  Fraternity  our 
new  members :  Bros.  A.  W.  Aston,  of  Va. ;  G.  W. 
Venable,  of  Tenn.;  James  O'Keefe,  Jr.,  of  Va.;  A.  Burnett 
Rhett,  of  S.  C;  L.  M.  White,  of  Ala.;  David  White, 
of  Ala.;  W.  B.  Trout,  of  Va.,  and  W.  Y.  White,  of  Va. 
Of  these  the  first  three  are  from  St.  Alban's  school  of 
Va.,  and  the  last  two  from  the  Episcopal  High  School 
of  Va. 

On  Sunday,  October  28,  1895,  at  about  ten  o'clock  in 
the  morning  the  whole  college  was  alarmed  by  the  persistent 
ringing  of  the  bell,  and  those  who  were  near  enough  could 
also  hear  the  cries :  "  Fire !  Fire !  The  Rotunda  is  on 
fire !  Entering  the  "  lawn  "  which  spreads  out  in  front  of 
this  building,  the  writer,  who  was  a  little  late,  saw  people 
hurrying  hither  and  thither,  some  bringing  out  books, 
instruments  and  other  valuables ;  others  rushing  around 
getting  buckets  of  water,  the  fire  engines  being  useless. 
At  the  other  end  of  a  large  annex  joined  by  a  porch  to  the 
rotunda  a  small  column  of  flame  and  smoke  was  slowly 
issuing  from  under  the  roof,  and  in  spite  of  every  effort  to 
subdue  it,  swiftly  increasing  in  size  and  fury,  destroying 
the  rotunda  with  its  valuable  library  and  art  collections. 
The  building  has  been  replaced  by  a  better  one,  and 
thanks  to  many  of  our  Southern  and  Northern  sister 
institutions  from  whom  help  has  come  and  continues  to 
come,  and  to  individuals  and  corporate  bodies,  we  have 
risen  out  of  our  ashes  to  grander  things— new  life  and 
new  buildings  founded  on  the  same  basis. 

Our  new  Fayerweather  Gymnasium,  complete  in  every 
detail,  has  increased  the  interest  taken  in  indoor  and  track 
athletics,  but  as  yet  they  are  by  no  means  as  much  thought 
of  as  the  foot  ball  and  base  ball  teams. 

These  latter  rank  first  south  of  the  Potomac  River, 
having  held  the  championship  in  both  games  every  year, 


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c  c  t  c 
'etc* 


for  the  past  seven  or  eight  years,  except  once  in  foot  bail 
and  twice  in  base  bail.    With  the  University  of  North 
Carolina,  our  strongest  rival,  we  have  a  dual  league. 
A.  BURNET  RHETT. 


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BETA,  MASSACHUSETTS  INSTITUTE 
OF  TECHNOLOGY. 

TN  1895-6  Beta  initiated  the  following  brothers :  William 
Aleck  Faxon,  '97 ;  William  Daniels  Blackmer,  '98 ; 
Richard  Mommers,  '98;  Alexander  Rieman  Holliday,  '99 ; 
George  Winslow  Brown,  '99 ;  Henry  Kingsbury  Terry, 
'99,  and  William  Harry  Mandeville,  '99. 

Extensive  repairs  were  made  in  the  house,  and  the  old 
brothers  would  hardly  recognize  their  Chapter  home. 

The  Chapter  has  been  well  represented  at  the  Institute 
in  athletics,  social  organizations  and  technological  publica- 
tions. The  Institute  is  growing  steadily,  and  is  also 
assured  of  future  success  financially,  having  received  notice 
that  the  State  of  Massachusetts  will  pay  her  $25,000 
annually  for  six  years  at  least.  In  the  near  future  we  shall 
have  another  large  college  building  which  will  be  devoted 
physics. 

The  Fraternities  at  Tech.  have,  almost  without  exception, 
improved,  and  we  feel  that  we  have  not  lost  our  position. 

After  a  pleasant  summer  vacation  ten  men  returned  to 
the  Institute  for  the  sessions  of  1896-97.  This  was  rather 
a  small  number  for  Beta,  but  the  activity  of  the  men  com- 
pensated for  it,  and  we  at  once  began  to  hustle.  In  due 
course  of  time  we  obtained  one  junior,  one  sphomore,  and 
seven  freshmen  whom  we  deemed  worthy  to  become  Chi 
Phis.  They  are:  Bros.  G.  O.  Schueller,  Connecticut; 
J.  M.  Higgins,  Connecticut;  H.  W.  Tubbs,  Pennsylvania; 
C.  C.  Briggs,  Jr.,  Pennsylvania;  S.  B.  Elbert,  Iowa; 
F.  I.  Merrick,  Pennsylvania;  R.  H.  Glover,  Maine;  W. 
Curry,  Pennsylvania ;  H.  I.  Lord,  Massachusetts. 

Our  Chapter  House  has  been  filled  from  the  beginning, 
and  at  present  nearly  all  of  the  members  are  accommodated, 
and  saved  from  the  trying  ordeal  of  a  boarding  house.  As 
we  lose  only  three  by  graduation  the  house  will  be  filled 
next  year  from  the  first,  and  we  shall  be  obliged  to  store 


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ooo  c 
c  c  c  c 


the  remaining  members  in  the  immediate  neighborhood. 
Our  life  in  the  Chapter  House  compensates  in  a  large 
degree  for  the  lack  of  college  life  at  the  Institute. 

The  sudden  death  of  President  Walker  was  a  severe 
blow  to  the  Institute.  For  thirty  days  after  his  death  the 
students  wore  a  crape  rosette,  as  a  token  of  their  regard  for 
him. 

During  the  year  it  has  been  a  task  to  keep  our  seven 
freshmen  properly  disciplined,  but  we  have  succeeded  by 
making  them  keep  the  walks  free  from  snow,  go  for  the 
Sunday  mail,  answer  the  door  bell,  and  many  other 
similar  acts  much  to  their  grievance,  but  in  another  year 
they  will  appreciate  this  training. 

A  magazine  table  has  recently  been  established  by  the 
members  in  the  house.  All  of  the  monthly  and  weekly 
magazines  are  taken,  making  the  table  a  convenient  place 
to  spend  any  leisure  moments. 

At  our  banquet  in  November  we  were  pleased  to  have 
delegates  from  Phi  and  Omicron.  The  small  representation 
of  alumni  was  a  disappointment,  but  in  other  respects  our 
seventh  annual  banquet  was  a  success. 

Five  of  our  alumni  have  recently  been  married.  They 
are  Bros.  Nash,  F.  I.  Davis,  Wason,  Watson  and  Dennett. 
The  engagements  of  several  others  either  have  been 
announced  or  soon  will  be. 

We  have  been  favored  with  visits  from  several  brothers, 
and  we  hope  to  be  able  to  see  more  next  year,  for  Beta's 
doors  are  open  to  all  Chi  Phis  and  a  hearty  welcome 
awaits  all. 


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GAMMA,  EMORY  COLLEGE. 

'THE  history  of  Gamma  during  the  past  two  college 
years  has  been  perhaps  the  most  prosperous  in  her 
entire  career.  A  movement  was  set  on  foot  in  1895  for 
a  Chapter  House,  and  Bros.  Ivy  Lee,  '97,  D.  D.  Cox,  and 
R.  J.  Travis  were  appointed  to  look  after  the  work.  After 
writing  to  nearly  all  our  alumni  and  hearing  from  few  of 
them,  we  nevertheless  had  the  house  ready  for  occupancy 
in  the  early  fall,  when  the  college  term  opened.  The  house 
is  possibly  the  handsomest  dwelling  in  the  town.  The 
grounds  are  large,  and  on  one  side  of  the  building  we  have 
a  fine  tennis  court.  Inside,  the  house  is  nicely  furnished, 
and  the  wide  margin  for  improvement  is  being  constantly 
made  less. 

There  are  accommodations  for  ten  men  in  the  Chapter 
House  and  we  also  have  a  parlor,  library  and  lodge  rooms. 
This  is  the  first  movement  ol  this  kind  at  Emory  and  dur- 
ing the  early  part  of  the  year  was  regarded  by  the  college 
at  large  as  an  experiment.  But  misgivings  as  to  the 
success  of  the  venture  have  long  since  dissolved,  and  we 
closed  the  year  with  not  a  cent  of  debt,  the  approval  of  the 
faculty,  the  envy  of  the  other  Fraternities,  and  the  delight 
experienced  by  the  Chapter  on  account  of  the  manifold 
benefits  our  own  house  has  brought  us. 

We  opened  the  college  year  of  1895-96  with  twelve 
brothers  on  hand.  Although  a  very  large  number  of  new 
students  attended,  we  found  little  desirable  Chi  Phi  material 
in  the  crowd,  We  initiated  four  men,  however,  who  have 
since  proven  themselves  very  worthy  Chi  Phis — Joseph 
Jaques  Taylor,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  '99;  Thomas  Walter  Moore, 
Bolton,  Ga.,  1900;  F.  Bart  Godfrey,  Madison,  Ga.,  98, 
and  William  J.  Barr,  Cedartown,  Ga.,  '98.  During  the 
fall  one  of  our  most  loyal  members,  Bro.  Thomas  Nesbit 
Linsley,  '98,  left  college.  We  found  one  new  man  after 
the  spring  term  opened,  whom  we  considered  fit  to  wear 


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the  scarlet  and  blue,  so  initiated  Charles  William  Morrison, 
'98,  of  Rome,  Ga.    We  are  very  proud  of  all  our  new  men. 

The  year  of  1895-6  was  characterized  by  an  increased 
Interest  in  the  Fraternity  work  proper,  in  a  largely  aug- 
mented Fraternity  enthusiasm,  and  an  abundance  of  good 
feeling  and  love  among  all  the  brothers.  It  would  have 
been  impossible  to  have  a  more  harmonious  year  than  the 
one  we  enjoyed.  And  here  it  is  but  just,  not  to  say  richly 
merited,  to  mention  the  very  wholesome  influence  Bro. 
Capers  Dickson,  Gamma,  '73,  has  had  upon  the  Chapter. 
He  has  attended  nearly  all  our  meetings  and  social  gather- 
ings, and  his  wise  and  conservative  counsel  has  been  of 
priceless  value  to  the  Chapter. 

In  the  college  at  large  the  influence  of  Gamma  has  been 
potent  in  every  line  of  activity.  Whether  in  the  classes, 
the  literary  societies,  the  religious  work,  or  athletics, 
Gamma  men  are  always  found  among  the  leaders.  Bro. 
T.  J.  Johnston,  our  only  regular  senior,  edited  during  the 
year  1895-6  the  social  department  of  the  Phoenix,  the  college 
monthly.  Bros.  Johnston  and  Lee  were  on  the  annual 
impromptu  debate  between  Few  and  Phi  Gammma  literary 
societies.  During  the  fall  of  1895  a  literary  and  social 
organization  was  formed  by  several  members  of  the  faculty, 
their  wives,  a  few  citizens,  and  a  very  few  college  men. 
Of  about  ten  Fraternity  men  invited,  five  were  Chi  Phis. 
Bro.  William  H.  Laprade,  Jr.,  represented  Few  society  in 
the  annual  fall  term  debate.  Bro.  Robert  J.  Travis  is 
leading  the  junior  class  and  will  undoubtedly  get  first  honor 
at  the  '97  commencement.  Several  Emory  correspondents 
to  the  leading  newspapers  in  Georgia  are  Chi  Phis.  Bro. 
Lee,  besides  being  the  Oxford  correspondent  of  the  paper, 
had  charge  of  the  college  department  of  the  Mlanta  Con- 
stitution. Bro.  Henry  Whitehead  was  the  correspondent  of 
the  Macon  Telegraphy  and  Bro.  Ed.  D.  Thomson  of  the 
Savannah  Press.  In  the  classes  several  offices  of  prominence 
were  held  by  Chi  Phis.    In  the  junior  class,  Bro.  Travis 


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was  Historian,  and  Bro.  Lee,  Poet.  Bro.  Hill  was  unani- 
mously elected  president  of  the  sophomore  class,  while  Bro. 
Ed.  Thomson  was  elected  dude  of  the  same  class.  The 
sub-freshman  conferred  the  office  of  dude  on  Bro.  Walter 
Moore.  Bro.  Gress  was  President  of  the  Shakespeare 
Club,  and  also  of  the  Atlanta  Club.  Bro.  Lee  held  that 
office  in  the  Western  Club. 

In  the  College  Glee  Club  we  were  represented  by  Bros. 
Emery  (Manager),  Gress,  Morrison,  Johnston,  and  Lee. 
Brother  Whitehead  was  leader  of  the  college  orchestra, 
while  Bros.  Ed.  Thomson,  R.  Thomson,  Lee  and  Bradfield 
were  also  members  of  it.  In  the  Shakespeare  Club  (a 
junior  honorary  society),  Bro.  Gress  was  president,  and 
Bros.  Emery,  Lee  and  Travis  were  members.  Gamma 
men  were  also  members  of  several  other  important  college 
organizations.  Bro.  Hill  was  manager  of  the  Sophomore 
Base  Ball  Team,  and  captain  of  the  foot  ball  team.  Bros. 
Godfrey,  Whitehead,  R.  Thomson,  Bradfield,  Taylor  and 
Moore  also  held  positions  on  the  athletic  teams.  By  a 
recent  ba!lot  for  publication  in  the  college  annual.  The 
Zodiac,  Bro.  Lee  was  voted  the  best  read,  and  best  posted 
man  in  college.  He  was  also  voted  as  the  best  writer,  best 
impromptu  debater,  and  best  debater  on  preparation  in  the 
junior  class.  Bro.  Travis  was  voted  the  best  scholar,  and 
the  giver  of  the  best  and  most  comprehensive  daily  recita- 
tions of  any  man  in  the  junior  class.  Bro.  Hill  was 
voted  the  most  popular  man  in  the  sophomore  class,  and 
Gamma  men  secured  a  large  number  of  votes  for  this 
position  in  every  class.  Bro.  Lee  represented  Chi  Phi  on 
the  Zodiac  board,  he  having  been  elected  business  manager 
and  subsequently  resigned  that  position. 

Emory  College  has  made  great  strides  forward.  The 
college  attendance  is  larger  than  ever  before  in  the  history 
of  the  institution.  And  when  it  is  known  that  intercol- 
legiate athletics  are  not  permitted  by  the  college  authorities, 
this  fact  will  seem  still  stranger.     The  college  endowment 


(fo 


is  $200,000,  besides  a  number  of  other  productive  funds. 
During  the  year  the  library  of  the  the  late  Dr.  W.  H. 
Harrison,  of  Nashvillle,  was  added  to  the  college  library, 
and  this  addition  to  our  already  large  collection  makes  us 
now  the  possessors  of  the  second  largest  college  library  in 
the  South.  Through  the  agency  of  an  energetic  alumni 
association,  there  has  been  raised  an  amount  almost  sufficient 
to  endow  a  new  chair  in  the  faculty.  A  couple  of  years 
ago  the  college  added  a  course  in  theology  to  its  curriculum, 
This  department  is  rapidly  growing,  and  bids  fair  to  be- 
come of  great  influence  in  the  college's  standing. 

In  the  college  there  are  two  flourishing  literary  societies, 
and  seven  fraternities.  There  are  really  too  many  fra- 
ternities here  for  every  one  to  prosper.  About  sixty  per 
cent,  of  the  college  body  are  fraternity  men.  The  history 
of  Gamma  since  June,  '96,  is  that  of  another  long  stride 
in  her  march  of  progress.  Chapter  life  at  Emory  has  not 
been  what  it  should  be  and  Chi  Phi  has  done  more  to  raise 
the  standard  to  a  higher  plane  than  any  other  fraternity. 
She  has  shown  by  her  example  that  a  Chapter  can  be 
something  else  than  a  band  of  pedantic  students  regardless 
of  character,  or  a  political  organization  for  the  securing  of 
college  honors,  and  still  be,  in  the  highest  sense  of  the 
word,  a  success.  Chi  Phi's  standard  of  a  gentleman  for 
her  members  and  congeniality  for  her  life  has  never  been 
more  nearly  realized  than  during  the  past  year.  This  is 
doubtless  in  a  large  part  due  to  the  successful  maintainance 
of  a  Chapter  House,  and  the  increased  interest  felt  by  all  the 
members  of  the  Chapter  in  its  welfare,  and  to  no  one  is 
the  success  of  our  Chapter  House  more  directly  due  than 
to  our  faithful  and  efficient  manager,  Bro.  Will  LaPrade. 

Ten  of  the  brothers  now  reside  in  the  Chapter  House 
and  find  life  here  the  nearest  possible  approach  to  home  life. 

Five  new  brothers  have  been  added  to  our  membership, 
namely :  Muse,  Clark  and  Nixon,  of  Atlanta  ;  Tranick, 
of  Cedartown,  and  Lovett,  of  Fort  Valley. 


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DELTA,  RUTGERS  COLLEGE. 

At  the  opening  of  the  collegiate  year  of  1895-96  the 
brothers  of  Delta  were  twelve  in  number— five 
seniors,  four  juniors  and  three  sophomores.  The  year 
opened  under  somewhat  discouraging  circumstances.  The 
graduation  of  five  brothers  in  '95  had  left  a  gap  which  was 
hard  to  fill,  and,  moreover,  the  entering  class  presented 
very  little  good  fraternity  material.  It  was  decided  not  to 
sacrifice  quality  for  quantity,  and  we  therefore  initiated 
only  two  members  from  '99— Bro.  William  Reese  Hart,  of 
Neshanic,  N.  J.,  who  won  the  second  Sloan  Entrance 
Examination  Prize,  and  Bro.  Vincent  Moore  Irick,  of 
Vincent  Town,  N.  J. 

The  first  important  event  of  the  collegiate  year  was  the 
senior  class  elections.  After  an  exciting  canvass,  Bro. 
Hobart  lost  the  presidency  by  one  vote.  In  foot  ball, 
Delta's  chief  representatives  were  Bros.  Haddow,  '97,  and 
Fithian,  '96.  The  former  played  full-back  on  the  'Varsity 
until  a  broken  nose  compelled  him  to  take  a  rest.  The 
latter  was  captain  of  the  senior  class  team,  which  won  the 
class  championship  of  the  college.  Bros.  Oram,  '98,  and 
Strickland,  '98,  also  played  on  their  class  team.  In  the 
annual  fall  handicap  field  meet  Bro.  Hobart  took  first  in 
the  broad  jump  and  second  in  the  shot-put  and  hundred 
yards  dash. 

During  the  year  the  government  of  the  college  was 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  committee  of  twelve  students, 
with  the  president  as  chairman,  but  having  no  vote.  Sev- 
eral important  cases  were  settled  by  the  committee  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned,  and  it  seems  likely  that  the 
committee,  which  was  more  or  less  of  an  experiment,  will 
be  made  a  permanent  adjunct  to  the  college.  Bro.  Hobart 
was  one  of  the  four  members  chosen  to  serve  from  the 
senior  class,  and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  appointed 
to  draw  up  by-laws. 


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The  annual  dance  of  the  Chapter  was  held  on  January 
24th,  and  was,  as  usual,  a  highly  enjoyable  occasion. 
Bro.  Reed  was  chairman  of  the  committee.  The  junior 
ball  was  held  on  February  14th.  Delta's  representative 
on  the  committee  was  Bro.  Riggs,  who  is  also  our  Scarlet 
Utter  editor,  from  the  class  of  '97.  This  year  the  editor- 
ship-in-chief of  this  publication  fell  to  Delta,  and  Bro.  Oram 
has  been  chosen  to  fill  the  position.  During  the  season  the 
glee  and  mandolin  clubs  gave  a  number  of  concerts.  Our 
representative  on  the  glee  club  was  Bro.  Riggs,  '97.  On 
the  mandolin  club  we  have  Bros.  Reed,  '96,  Clark,  '98, 
and  Irick,  '99.  During  the  spring  term  of  1896  base  ball 
was  the  chief  object  of  interest.  Bro.  Reed  is  captain  of 
the  senior  class  team,  and  Bros.  Oram  and  Strickland  play 
on  the  'Varsity,  in  the  outfield  and  behind  the  bat,  respect- 
ively. Bro.  Strickland  also  won  the  high  jump  in  the 
sophomore-freshmen  field  meet.  At  the  same  meet  Bro. 
Hart,  '99,  took  second  in  the  quarter.  The  latter  also  won 
a  position  on  the  'Varsity  track  team.  In  the  appointments 
made  in  the  battalion  Delta  received  almost  a  lion's  share. 
Bro.  Reed,  formerly  senior  captain,  was  among  those  recom- 
mended to  the  war  department  as  especially  proficient  in 
military  tactics;  while  of  the  new  appointments,  Bros 
Haddow  and  Harding,  '97,  .were  made  captains ;  Bro. 
Strickland,  '98,  sergeant-major;  Bro.  Clark,  '98,  first 
sergeant,  and  Bro.  Irick,  '99,  corporal.  Bro.  Hobart  won 
first  honor  in  the  classical  section,  as  well  as  the  elective 
honors  in  Latin  and  history. 

In  the  latter  part  of  April,  1896,  the  Chapter  moved  from 
its  old  home  at  75  Livingstone  Avenue  to  a  new  house  at 
39  College  Avenue.  The  latter  is  much  more  desirable  for 
fraternity  purposes,  while  the  location  is  unsurpassed. 

In  June,  '96,  Delta  lost  by  graduation  five  men— Bros. 
Hobart,  Reed,  Fithian,  Luster  and  Whitenack.  However, 
Delta  was  partially  repaid  by  the  initiation  of  Ralph  Wilcox 
Booth,  1900.    We  returned  to  college  ten  strong,  to  begin 


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the  college  year  '96-' 97.  At  the  first  meeting  John  Wallace 
Thompson,  '99,  and,  one  week  later,  John  Wirth,  1900, 
were  initiated.  In  foot  ball  we  were  represented  on  the 
'Varsity  by  Bros.  Haddow,  '97,  Strickland,  '98,  and  Oram, 
'98.  Early  in  the  year  the  faculty  determined  to  use  the 
plan  of  self-government,  and  Bros.  Strickland,  '98,  and 
Thompson,  '99,  were  chosen  to  represent  their  respective 
classes.  Later  in  the  year  we  were  pleased  with  the  visit 
of  Bros.  Hagstoz,  '97,  Kirby,  '98,  and  Littlejohn,  '98,  of 
Mu.  They  had  come  to  help  Stevens  in  a  foot  ball  game 
against  Rutgers. 

On  November  10,  1896,  Rutgers  celebrated  the  one  hun- 
dred and  thirtieth  anniversary  of  the  granting  of  the  college 
charter.  Exercises  were  held  in  the  Ballantine  Gymnasium, 
and  there  were  many  Alumni  of  the  college  and  Chapter 
present.  Garret  A.  Hobart,  Vice- President-elect,  of  the 
class  of  '63,  Rutgers,  was  present  and  made  a  few  re- 
marks. After  the  exercises  an  informal  reception  was  ten- 
dered to  Mr.  Hobart. 

ZETA  of  DELTA. 


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EPSILON,  HAMPDEN-SIDNEY 
COLLEGE. 

/^UR  first  Chapter  meeting  in  September,  1895,  found 
nine  members  present.  Fraternity  material  was 
rather  scarce,  and  as  a  consequence  H.  Minor  Davis,  of 
Lynchburg,  Va.,  was  our  only  initiate.  His  popularity 
among  the  students  and  his  loyalty  to  our  Chapter  showed 
that  he  was  well  worthy  of  Chi  Phi.  He  remained  with 
us  only  one  session,  however,  and  is  now  in  business  with 
a  large  manufacturing  firm  in  his  native  city. 

The  session  passed  away  very  pleasantly,  and  Epsilon 
had  her  full  share  of  college  honors.  The  functions  of 
editor-in-chief  and  business  manager  of  the  Kaleidoscope, 
our  college  annual,  and  editor-in-chief  and  assistant  busi- 
ness manager  of  the  Magazine,  were  discharged  by  her 
men.  This  mention  will  suffice  to  give  an  idea  of  the 
stand  maintained  by  the  Chapter. 

The  main  thing  that  gives  color  to  our  history  for  the 
session  was  our  banquet,  given  at  Carolina  Hall,  February 
22d.  Every  Fraternity  here  was  represented  among  the 
guests. 

At  the  annual  commencement,  Bro.  H.  I.  Brock  was 
graduated  with  first  honor  and  the  A.M.  degree,  and  Bro. 
Watkins  with  A.B.  and  B.S. 

Last  fall  only  Bros.  R.  K.  Brock,  S.  Pasco,  Friend  and 
Hubard  returned,  and  it  seemed  at  first  that  Epsilon's  out- 
look was  rather  discouraging.  However,  we  initiated  four 
men  whom  we  recommend  to  the  Fraternity  at  large  as 
being  exceptionally  fine  fellows.  They  are:  Philip  E. 
Hubard,  Boiling,  Va. ;  Lucius  F.  Cary,  Randolph,  Va. ; 
David  C.  Morton,  Lanesville,  Ky. ;  Keith  M.  Read,  Cov- 
ington, Ky.  This  number  may  seem  rather  small,  but  no 
more  must  be  expected.  Hampden-Sidney,  with  a  student 
roll  a  little  less  than  two  hundred,  supports  several  different 
Chapters.    The  standard  Epsilon  maintains  is  exceedingly 


rigid,  and  we  l<now  that  our  general  Fraternity  would  not 
have  it  otherwise.  The  Chapter  is  now  in  the  most  pros- 
perous condition,  and  there  is  not  a  more  congenial,  sociable 
set  of  men  in  college.  Further,  we  are  still  well  represented 
in  the  affairs  of  college  life.  On  the  Magazine  staff  we  have 
two  men,  and  on  the  annual  three,  one  of  whom  is  editor- 
in-chief.  Another  of  our  number  is  President  of  the  General 
Athletic  Association. 

We  keep  pretty  well  in  touch  with  our  alumni,  and  are 
always  glad  to  welcome  any  who  visit  Epsilon  and  their 
Alma  Mater.  It  gives  us  much  pleasure  to  have  with  us 
again  Bro.  M.  G.  Woodward,  who  is  pursuing  a  post- 
graduate course.  Bro.  Edgar  W.  Venable  is  in  business 
here,  and  although  not  an  active  member  of  the  Chapter, 
is  as  loyal  and  zealous  as  of  old.  He  always  attends  our 
meetings,  and  contributes  his  full  share  to  the  pleasures 
of  our  Fraternity  life.  Thus  it  comes  about  that  he  and 
Bro.  Woodworth  appear  in  the  accompanying  photographic 
group. 

We  have  not,  as  yet,  secured  a  Chapter  House,  but  hope 
to  succeed  in  the  near  future.  The  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary will,  in  the  course  of  the  next  year  or  so,  be  moved 
from  this  place  to  Richmond,  Va.,  and  as  a  consequence 
several  handsome  residences  will  become  vacant.  We  hope 
to  secure  one  of  the  most  desirable  of  these,  and  at  present 
see  no  reason  why  we  cannot  effect  our  purpose. 

Zeta  of  Epsilon. 


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ZETA,  FRANKLIN  AND  MARSHALL. 

IF  there  is  one  thing  which  the  members  of  Zeta  cherish 
more  than  another  it  is  their  beautiful  new  Chapter 
House,  situated  on  the  corner  of  North  Dul<e  and  Fredrich 
Streets.  For  many  months  we  had  discussed  the  Chapter 
House  subject  and  formulated  plans  by  the  hundred,  only 
to  see  them  fail  in  the  end.  Yet  we  were  not  discouraged, 
but  kept  hammering  away,  and  at  last  our  labor  was  re- 
warded with  success.  To-day  we  have  the  finest  and  best 
equipped  Chapter  House  in  Lancaster.  Zeta's  new  home 
is  situated  in  the  most  fashionable  part  of  the  city.  It  con- 
tains fifteen  rooms,  besides  having  a  large  twelve-foot  porch 
running  around  three  sides.  It  is  surrounded  by  a  large 
and  handsome  lawn — indeed,  among  the  finest  in  the  city. 

The  commencement  season  of  '96  was  a  joyous  affair,  at 
which  time  many  of  the  old  "Kiffies"  returned  to  their 
Alma  Mater  to  spend  a  few  happy  days  in  the  midst  of 
active  college  and  fraternal  scenes.  The  annual  banquet 
of  Zeta  was  held  during  commencement  week,  and  it 
proved  to  be  unusually  successful.  Zeta  opened  the  year 
last  September  under  rather  difficult  circumstances.  She 
keenly  felt  the  loss  of  seven  men  out  of  her  number,  two 
by  graduation,  while  the  other  five  have  gone  to  other  col- 
leges. Bros.  High,  Kinzer  and  Weidner  graduated,  but 
Bro.  Weidner  remained  with  us  as  a  post-graduate. 

Bros.  Brugh,  Reich  and  Lant  are  attending  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania.  Bro.  Snyder  has  entered  the  Law 
School  of  Dickinson  College,  while  Bro.  McGrann  has 
gone  into  business.  By  careful  and  earnest  work  we  have 
again  overcome  our  difficulties,  and  are  now  in  the  best 
of  condition.  During  the  year  Zeta  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  all  college  affairs,  and  her  men  have  all  per- 
formed their  duties  with  honor. 


ETA,  UNIVERSITY  OF  GEORGIA. 

DRO.  Sam.  Sibley,  '92,  was  Alpha  at  the  reopening  of 
college,  in  January,  1892,  when,  on  the  sixth  of  the 
month,  the  Chapter  distinguished  itself  by  the  initiation  of 
Bro.  W.  A.  Harris,  '95.  At  this  time  we  were  visited  by 
Bros.  C.  F.  Rice,  W.  H.  Pope  and  Alf.  Harper,  three  enthu- 
siastic and  effective  workers,  who  have  made  frequent  and 
always  beneficial  visits  to  us  since  their  graduation.  This 
is  a  happy  custom  our  alumni  living  in  Atlanta  and  other 
cities  have  established  of  dropping  over  to  initiations  and 
meetings  every  now  and  then,  and  one  which,  we  trust,  will 
ever  grow  more  popular.  There  is  no  doubt  in  the  world — 
and  we  have  living  proof  of  it  every  day— that  our  alumni 
take  far  more  active  interest  in  our  Fraternity  than  other 
alumni  take  in  their  Fraternities ;  and  it  is  this,  we  think, 
that  more  than  anything  else,  shows  our  superiority. 

The  members  of  Eta  in  those  days  had  plenty  of  enthu- 
siasm, but  the  attendance  at  meetings  was  sometimes 
dreadfully  slim,  and  consequently  the  fines  many.  We 
stood  well  in  college,  having,  as  usual,  more  than  our 
share  of  honors  in  different  lines.  Four  brothers  graduated 
at  commencement — Sibley,  J.  F.  Lewis,  E.  R.  Black  and 
P.  D.  Youngblood,  the  first  taking  first  honor.  It  was 
during  this  spring  the  first  Chi  Phi  picnic  was  given,  which 
proved  a  great  success,  as  have  most  of  our  entertainments. 
A  group  of  photographs  of  the  picnic  party  add  much  to 
the  adornment  and  historical  interest  of  our  club-rooms. 

What  a  pleasure  it  was  to  see  Sam.  Sibley  back  with  us 
in  September,  1892,  taking  law,  and  again  presiding  as 
Alpha!  Bros.  Pope,  Rice,  E.  M.  Mitchell  and  Hill  were 
again  over  from  Atlanta,  bringing  with  them  a  magnificent 
squad  of  the  most  promising  freshmen  and  sophomores, 
who  soon  were  wearing  the  scarlet  and  blue.  This  was 
the  first  large  influx  of  men  from  Atlanta,  which,  through 
its  continued  repetition  during  the  following  years,  was 


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was  Bro.  Fleming  winning  tlie  anniversarian's  place  in  the 
Phi  Kappa  Society.  The  whole  Chapter  was  saddened  in 
the  spring  by  the  departure  of  Bro.  Armstrong,  whose  bad 
health  compelled  him  to  leave  college.  At  graduation  we 
lost  by  graduation  Bro.  P.  L.  Fleming. 

Not  for  a  long  time  had  Eta  been  in  so  fine  condition  as 
during  the  session  of  1894-95.  The  Z^^a  says:  "  Eta  is 
to  be  congratulated  upon  the  splendid  membership  of  her 
Chapter  this  winter,  and  the  ease  with  which  she  has  again 
taken  first  place  among  the  Fraternities  of  the  University. 
Not  only  in  the  personnel  of  the  Chapter  is  this  true,  but 
also  in  college  organizations  have  we  taken  a  stand  far  in 
advance  of  any  rival." 

The  new  men,  with  the  exceptions  of  Harry  Dearing,  '98, 
of  Athens,  and  Nisbet  Tinsley,  of  Macon,  were  all  from 
Atlanta :  W.  W.  Clarke,  J.  F.  Ridley,  F.  R.  Mitchell,  C. 
H.  Black  and  Paul  Goldsmith,  all  freshmen.  Tinsley  was 
soon  afterwards  transferred  to  Gamma,  while  Bro.  J.  B. 
Connaly,  another  Atlanta  man,  from  Gamma,  joined  us. 

In  October,  Bros.  Bacon  and  Boland  were  sent  by  the 
Chapter  to  visit  Gamma.  The  meetings  were  very  lively 
during  the  year,  new  Chapter  by-laws,  the  Kappa  matter, 
and  a  Chapter  House  being  the  leading  subjects  under 
discussion.  In  January  we  sustained  an  irreparable  loss 
in  Bro.  Bacon's  withdrawal  from  college.  Bro.  Connally 
was  sent  to  the  Special  Convention  in  March. 

Our  picnic  at  beautiful  "Mitchell's  Bridge"  at  our 
anniversary  in  May,  was  declared  by  each  of  the  100 
guests  present  the  most  enjoyable  affair  of  the  kind  ever 
given  in  the  "Classic  City."  The  fates  always  seem  to  be 
with  us  in  things  of  this  kind,  in  the  way  of  furnishing 
good  weather,  etc.,  and  seem  to  be  against  our  rivals.  The 
Chapter  House  matter  was  well  worked  up,  and  in  all 
probability  we  would  have  been  comfortably  lodged  in  a 
rented  Chapter  House  the  next  fall  had  not  serious  legal 
complications  concerning  the  only  available  house  arisen 


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at  the  last  moment.  There  were  graduated  this  year: 
Bros.  Harris,  Guyton,  Porter,  Dougherty,  Ridley  and 
Nisbet,  the  first  three  taking  first,  second  and  third  honors, 
respectively.  Eta  was  larger  the  session  of  i895-'96  than 
ever  before  in  her  history,  as  far  as  we  have  record,  the 
total  membership  for  the  year  being  thirty,  though  not  over 
twenty-eight  were  present  at  any  one  time.  The  new 
brothers  were  Frederic  Crisp,  of  Americus,  who  repre- 
sented a  signal  victory  snatched  fiom  our  undoubted 
strongest  rivals,  S.  A.  E.  J.  G.  Oglesby,  Jr.,  Arthur  and 
Burton  Clarke,  Meador  Goldsmith,  W.  L.  Porter,  E.  R. 
Johnson,  G.  W.  Mitchell  and  J.  S.  Dougherty,  all  'gg,  and 
W.  J.  McBride  and  Arminius  Wright,  law,  all  from  the  old 
stronghold,  Atlanta;  and  B.  C.  Yancey,  '98,  of  Rome;  T.  A. 
Whitaker,  '98,  LaGrange,  (another  stronghold),  and  H.  H. 
Harris,  '99,  of  Athens.  Besides  these,  we  welcomed  as  a 
transfer,  Bro.  Fred.  T.  Brice,  from  Gamma,  and  two  alumni 
back  to  take  law :  Bros.  W.  A.  Harris  and  J.  H.  Porter,  Jr. 
Two-thirds  of  the  session's  large  membership  were  from 
Atlanta,  and  two-thirds  had  fathers,  brothers  or  other 
kinsmen,  who  also  were  Chi  Phis.  Eta  has  always  been 
remarkable  for  initiating  men  who  came  from  what  might 
be  called  Chi  Phi  families,"  all  the  college  men  of  which, 
had  belonged  to  the  Fraternity. 

This  was  a  most  interesting  year  in  our  history,  events 
of  good  effect  and  of  bad  following  each  other  almost  too 
rapidly  to  record.  Enthusiasm  for  the  Chapter  ran  high, 
but  the  brothers  seemed  to  be  too  neglectful  of  their  college 
duties,  and  as  a  consequence,  three  of  the  new  ones  left  us 
before  Christmas,  though  we  took  in  two  more  just  after: 
D.  Y.  Hughes,  Jr.,  '98,  of  Danville,  and  E.  E.  Thornton, 
*99,  of  Atlanta. 

We  were  too  extravagant;  a  most  expensive  and 
successful  dance  was  given  just  before  Christmas,  and 
another  famous  picnic  at  our  anniversary.  To  our  deep 
regret,  Bro.  Porter  left  in  February  for  Cornell,  while  a 


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month  later,  Bros.  Brice  and  Ferrell  had  gone.  There  were 
graduated  at  commencement,  Harris  and  Wright,  law,  and 
H.  S.  Hansell,  A.  B.,  the  first  honoring  Eta  once  more  by 
being  selected  Anniversarian  of  Phi  Kappa. 

The  i8g6-'Q7  session  found  the  Chapter  in  excellent 
condition,  and  growing  better  as  the  months  passed  by. 
September  brought  back  fifteen  old  men,  and  we  straight- 
way initiated  into  the  Fraternity  six  of  the  best  new  men 
who  entered  college :  A.  Pratt  Adams,  '99,  of  Savannah, 
whose  uncle  was  a  charter  member  of  Eta;  J.  T.  Dennis, 
Jr.,  J.  T.  Dennis,  Sr.,  and  R.  D.  Jenkins,  all  '99,  of 
Eatonton ;  J.  B.  Ridley,  '99,  of  LaGrange,  and  J.  P. 
Calhoun,  1900,  of  Atlanta.  Not  a  great  deal  of  "  rushing  " 
was  required  by  these  men  after  they  reached  Athens,  as 
most  of  it  was  done  last  summer.  Bros.  Holcomb  Bacon, 
W.  A.  Harris  and  O.  B.  Nisbet  aided  greatly  in  the  "rush- 
ing" and  initiations. 

Try  as  we  might,  we  could  not  send  an  active  delegate 
to  convention,  the  consequence  being,  that  Bro.  Fleming 
was  sent  to  learn  from  Bro.  Moorman,  of  Tau,  in  Columbia, 
what  had  happened.  We  shall  never  fail  to  send  a  delegate 
to  this  Congress  !    All  have  agreed  to  this. 

The  brothers  are  the  most  congenial  crowd  we  have  had 
in  a  long  time,  and  the  Chapter  meetings  the  most  delight- 
ful. All  make  good  Chi  Phis,  and  the  majority  stand  well 
with  the  students  in  college,  and  with  the  faculty.  Never 
were  we  so  liberally  supplied  with  college  honors  from 
every  source. 

Bros.  Porter  and  Goldsmith  left  in  the  fall,  but  this 
month,  Bro.  Whitaker  (who  didn't  return  in  September) 
has  came  back,  and  we  have  initiated  Bro.  A.  E.  Thornton, 
Jr.,  '98,  of  LaGrange. 


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THETA,  RENNSELAER  POLYTECHNIC 
INSTITUTE. 

'THE  first  event  worthy  of  note  after  May  i,  1895,  was 
^  the  annual  field-day.  Bros.  Amsden,  Hooker  and 
Haight  succeeded  in  capturing  places  in  various  events. 
Bro.  Amsden  won  all  of  the  bicycle  races.  Commence- 
ment came  and  passed,  and  Bro.  Scobey  was  added  to  the 
list  of  alumni  of  old  Rennselaer.  None  of  the  brothers 
were  desirous  of  lingering  about  Troy  after  commence- 
ment, and,  in  fact,  some  had  departed  before  that  time. 
At  any  rate,  by  the  fifteenth  of  June  the  house  was  almost 
deserted. 

In  September,  1896,  eight  of  the  old  brothers  returned 
to  greet  a  freshman  class  numbering  about  forty.  Bro. 
Watson  had  not  returned,  as  he  had  engaged  in  business 
during  the  vacation.  However,  those  who  did  return  set 
to  work  with  the  earnest  determination  of  getting  the  best 
members  in  the  class  of  '99. 

Our  efforts  proved  exceedingly  fruitful,  and  within  two 
weeks  after  the  Institute  opened  we  were  able  to  initiate 
five  new  men  from  '99.  Within  two  weeks  more,  we 
were  pleased  to  initiate  one  more  freshman.  This  made 
our  total  number  fourteen. 

Our  freshmen  were  immediately  recognized  as  leading 
members  of  the  class,  and  their  first  election  resulted  in  the 
selection  of  four,  as  president,  vice-president,  secretary  and 
toastmaster  of  their  class.  Our  new  brothers  are :  Walter 
Curtis  Hebard,  William  Hepburn  Tinsman,  Elmore  Scott 
Van  Orman,  James  Bean  Wilson,  Jacob  Hopewell  Lin- 
denberger  and  Edward  Adams  Hermany. 

Considerable  rushing  was  done  by  the  other  fraternities 
here  since  our  rushing  season  closed,  and  still  there  were 
three  chapters  that  had  not  succeeded  in  getting  a  single 
man.  Out  of  the  whole  freshman  class,  only  ten  men 
joined  fraternities. 


Bros.  Amsden  and  Tinsman  had  positions  on  our  foot 
bail  team,  which  was  the  best  one  ever  sent  out  by  the 
institute,  and  the  former  represented  us  on  the  Transit 
Board  of  1897. 

The  manner  in  which  calculus  was  exterminated  by  the 
junior  class  was  novel.  During  the  trial  the  Roentgen  ray 
was  brought  into  use,  and  when  calculus  was  found  guilty 
the  judge  pronounced  the  penalty  of  death  by  electricity, 
which  was  subsequently  carried  out. 

Despite  the  fact  that  we  began  the  year  i896-'97  with 
thirteen  men,  Theta  has  been  very  successful.  We  take 
pleasure  in  introducing  the  following  brothers:  George 
Bayless  Lindenberger,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Charles  Aber- 
cromby  Dunbar  Bayley,  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  DeWitt 
Parshall  Foster,  of  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  and  Parley  Lycurgus 
Williams,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Bro.  G.  B.  Lindenberger,  1900,  left  the  institute  just 
before  Thanksgiving,  and  Bro.  J.  H.  Lindenberger,  Jr., 
'99,  did  not  return  for  the  second  term,  so  that  we  have  at 
present  only  fifteen  men.  Of  the  men  now  here  we  shall 
lose  only  Bro.  H.  H.  Decker  by  graduation. 

Bro.  Haight  is  business  manager  of  the  Polytechnic^ 
which  means  that  he  will  be  editor-in-chief  next  year. 
Bro.  Supplee  is  president  of  the  junior  class,  which  has 
had  considerable  trouble  concerning  the  publication  of  the 
Transit  this  year.  Bro.  Hooker  is  manager  of  the  musical 
association  and  captain  of  the  foot  ball  team  for  next  year. 
Theta' s  prospects  were  never  brighter,  and  we  are  looking 
forward  to  a  very  prosperous  year  in  1897-98. 


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IOTA,  OHIO  STATE  UNIVERSITY. 

IOTA'S  history  centres  around  the  Chapter  House.  The 
members  of  the  Chapter  returned  to  college  in  Sep- 
tember, 1895,  fully  imbued  with  the  desire  of  a  Chapter 
House.  Preparations  were  hurried  forward,  and  after 
several  obstacles  had  been  overcome  the  Chapter  was  at 
length  comfortably  settled  at  Smith  Place  and  the  house 
was  thrown  open  for  a  "stag  informal"  to  our  alumni 
and  resident  "Kiffies"  shortly  before  the  Thanksgiving 
recess.  The  pleasures  and  comforts  of  a  Fraternity  home, 
which  can  only  be  fully  appreciated  when  they  have  been 
experienced,  are  at  last  a  realized  dream  with  us,  and  we 
are  always  more  than  pleased  to  share  them  with  all  Chi 
Phis  who  visit  us.  Iota  added  eight  men  to  her  roll  this 
year,  most  of  whom  have  already  been  introduced  to  the 
Fraternity.  Early  in  the  autumn  we  initiated  Bros.  Dodd, 
Goddard,  Huggins,  McCIure  and  Sowers,  giving  a  "  fresh- 
man dinner"  in  their  honor  at "  The  Shrader,"  October  5th, 
and  later  admitted  Bros.  H.  R.  Cool,  L.  G.  Curtis  and 
A.  M.  Cromby;  We  feel  that  it  is  one  of  the  best,  as  it  is 
the  largest,  delegations  that  Iota  has  ever  added  to  her 
membership.  Bro.  A.  T.  Balantine  left  college  at  the 
beginning  of  the  winter  term  to  accept  the  position  of 
assistant  city  engineer  of  Springfield,  O.,  under  Bro. 
Snyder.  Bro.  Bownocker,  who  is  Dr.  Orton's  assistant 
in  the  Department  of  Geology  here,  has  been  very  loyal 
in  his  work  and  interest  for  the  Chapter  and  the  Frater- 
nity, and  we  owe  much  to  his  timely  and  sensible  advice 
and  assistance.  He  was  the  prime  mover  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Chi  Phi  Union  of  Central  Ohio,  through  which 
we  hope  to  be  drawn  into  closer  relations  with  our  alumni, 
as  well  as  the  brothers  of  other  Chapters  who  live  in  this 
part  of  the  state. 

One  new  building  was  completed  at  Ohio  State  Univer- 
sity during  the  year— the  Emerson  McMillan  Observatory, 


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erected  and  equipped  through  the  generosity  of  one  of  our 
most  public  spirited  and  liberal  citizens,  who  has  already 
manifested  his  interest  in  the  university  on  several  occa- 
sions. Two  other  buildings  are  to  be  erected  at  a  cost  of 
about  $200,000,  one  to  contain  the  auditorium,  drill  hall, 
gymnasium  and  administration  offices,  and  the  other  to  be 
devoted  to  the  department  of  agriculture.  The  campus 
also  is  being  improved  at  considerable  expense.  Dr.  Can- 
field's  efforts  to  make  of  the  university  a  suitable  head  for 
the  educational  sytsem  of  the  state  have  been  greatly  fur- 
thered by  a  bill  which  passed  the  legislature  last  winter, 
doubling  our  levy  on  the  tax-list  of  the  state,  which  in- 
creases our  income  by  about  $90,000. 

The  fall  term,  1896,  at  Ohio  State  University  opened 
very  brightly  for  Iota.  Nine  of  the  old  members  were 
back,  and,  as  a  result  of  very  earnest  rushing,  four  desir- 
able freshmen  were  added  to  the  Chapter  roll.  A  scarcity 
of  desirable  men  was  a  sore  disappointment ;  and  keeping 
before  us  the  policy  of  our  Chapter,  we  preferred  to  remain 
thirteen  in  number  rather  than  to  increase  at  the  expense  of 
brotherhood.  Ever  since  the  establishment  of  our  Chapter 
House  we  have  paid  more  attention  to  the  feeling  of  brother- 
hood, and  for  this  reason  are  unwilling  to  take  in  men  of 
an  uncertain  character.  Situated  as  we  are,  so  far  from 
our  Eastern  brothers,  we  feel  that  Iota  should  build  very 
strongly  indeed. 

During  the  year  we  have  given  several  very  enjoyable 
social  affairs,  among  which  might  be  mentioned  a  dinner 
to  the  freshmen,  a  Dutch  lunch  at  the  house  on  the  thir- 
teenth anniversary  of  Iota,  theatre,  coaching  and  house 
parties.  We  are  at  present  making  arrangements  for  a 
formal  dance,  to  be  given  in  a  few  weeks,  and  which  will 
de  attended  by  several  out-of-town  "  Kiffies." 

At  college  we  have  a  full  share  of  honors,  although  we 
made  no  great  effort  in  a  political  way.  If  the  future  holds 
in  store  for  us  as  much  as  the  past,  we  shall  have  many 
successes. 


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LAMBDA,    UNIVERSITY   OF 
CALIFORNIA. 

•The  college  year  opened  on  Monday,  August  lo,  1895, 
and  found  nearly  all  the  Chi  Phis  back  at  the  house 
ready  for  the  university  work  and  for  the  rushing.  Several 
of  the  Chapters  of  other  Eastern  Fraternities  are  quite 
strong  at  California,  but  we  were  able  to  initiate  the  three 
men  we  wanted,  all  of  whom  were  also  invited  to  join 
elsewhere.  After  the  rushing  season  comes  foot  ball— in 
preparation  for  our  one  inter-university  match  game,  which 
is  played  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  between  Stanford  Uni- 
versity and  California.  Three  times  the  games  have  re- 
sulted in  a  tie  and  twice  in  a  Stanford  victory ;  but  still 
there  is  more  and  more  interest  displayed  each  year  by  the 
college  men  and  their  friends.  There  are  two  prominent 
athletic  clubs,  one  in  Oakland  and  one  in  San  Francisco, 
and  they  serve  to  give  good  practice  to  both  of  the  teams. 
Bro.  Lang,  '96,  was  our  foot  ball  manager  for  two  years. 
When  he  took  up  foot  ball  they  had  a  debt  of  $1,100.  and 
he  turned  it  over  to  his  successor  with  a  small  sum  on 
hand.  Both  universities  have  always  had  Yale  coaches. 
California  is  at  a  disadvantage  in  not  having  dormitories. 
The  men  at  Stanford  are  more  together  and  know  each 
other  better,  and  consequently  work  better  on  the  gridiron. 

Each  college  has  considerable  over  a  thousand  students, 
those  in  Stanford  all  living  at  Palo  Alto,  while  some  of  the 
students  in  California  are  at  San  Francisco  ;  the  majority, 
however,  being  at  Berkeley. 

The  situation  of  the  University  of  California  Is  unex- 
celled. It  is  on  a  slight  elevation,  so  that  it  commands  a 
magnificent  view  of  the  Golden  Gate  and  San  Francisco 
Bay.  Most  of  the  buildings  are  surrounded  by  trees,  and 
a  good-sized  creek  flows  through  the  grounds. 

The  college  publications  are,  the  University  of  California 
Magazine,  a  monthly  of  no  little  merit ;   the   Occident,  a 


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weekly  paper ;  the  Berheleyan,  a  paper  published  four  days 
in  the  week,  and  the  yosA. 

Towards  the  close  of  the  first  term  in  December  we 
became  very  much  dissatisfied  with  our  house.  It  was 
old  and  unhealthful,  and  we  decided  to  move.  Having 
found  a  suitable  house,  in  process  of  construction,  we 
decided  to  rent  it,  and,  after  having  had  several  small 
alterations  made,  moved  in  in  January. 

We  initiated  one  new  man  in  the  same  month — Alex.  J. 
Campbell — who  is  now  at  Columbia  College.  On  May 
9,  1896,  which  was  Class  Day,  Lambda  entertained  her 
friends,  who  are  of  the  nicest  people  in  San  Francisco  and 
vicinity.  After  commencement,  all  the  boys  scattered  for 
their  summer  vacation  of  twelve  weeks. 

The  college  year  of  i8c)6-'97  opened  on  August  12th, 
with  most  of  the  brothers  back  in  their  accustomed  haunts. 
The  entering  class,  1900,  was  the  centre  of  interest  during 
the  first  few  weeks  of  the  time.  Lambda  gave  a  yachting 
party,  several  luncheons  and  a  number  of  dinners,  to  say 
nothing  of  informal  evenings  and  smokers,  at  which  the 
freshmen  were  entertained.  Besides  the  hospitality  that 
was  extended  to  the  entering  class  by  the  Chapter  as  a 
whole,  the  individual  members  did  some  praiseworthy 
rushing,  having  the  different  freshmen  at  their  homes  and 
making  themselves  generally  agreeable.  The  result  was 
that  we  initiated  into  Chi  Phi  three  of  the  most  promising 
and  most  sought  after  men  in  the  class.  They  were,  Bros. 
Riley,  Perrin  and  Birdsall. 


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MU,  STEVENS   INSTITUTE  OF 
TECHNOLOGY. 

'THE  opening  of  the  fall  term  at  Stevens  brought  back  to 
Mu  many  of  the  brothers  who  had  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  events  which  form  the  daily  life  in  a  Chapter ; 
and,  as  the  places  of  those  who  had  graduated  were  filled 
by  new  brothers,  Mu  once  more  began  to  feel  that  the 
prospects  for  her  success  were  better,  and  that  even  at 
Stevens  a  Chapter  could  thrive  and  maintain  the  brightest 
hopes  for  the  future. 

Mu  was  still  suffering  from  the  blow  she  received  in 
1894,  when  eight  of  our  fourteen  brothers  graduated.  In 
the  spring  of  1895  we  moved  to  a  house  on  Bloomfield 
Street,  which  we  found  to  be  too  far  from  the  institute  and 
not  well  adapted  for  a  Chapter  House.  Mu's  sole  object 
now  was  to  have  a  house  situated  near  the  college,  and 
which  she  might  call  her  own.  These  deliberations  finally 
aroused  our  alumni  brothers  to  an  understanding  of  the 
situation,  so  that  in  February,  1896,  a  meeting  was  held, 
at  which  a  few  of  the  alumni  were  present.  The  result  of 
this  meeting  was  exceedingly  gratifying.  A  Mu  Trust 
Association  was  formed,  officers  were  elected,  and  work  in 
the  direction  of  procuring  a  Chapter  House  was  begun. 
It  was  shown  at  this  meeting  that  Stevens  is  becoming 
more  and  more  a  local  college,  and  for  this  reason  it  be- 
comes a  difficult  problem  to  maintain  a  Chapter  House. 
Nevertheless,  Mu  is  now  the  owner  of  a  beautiful  house  at 
No.  609  Hudson  Street,  only  a  block  from  college,  and  in 
one  of  the  most  desirable  residence  locations  in  the  city, 
President  Morton's  house  and  Prof.  Stillman's  house  being 
quite  near  us,  while  our  view  to  the  rear  looks  across  the 
terraced  lawns  of  the  old  Stevens  Mansion. 

During  the  winter  our  time  has  been  occupied  with  col- 
lege duties  and  pleasures.  Our  brothers  in  other  Chapters 
know  too  well  what  constitute  the  former,  so  we  will  devote 


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our  time  and  space  to  the  latter.  Our  athletic  association 
decided  to  hold  inter-class  games  in  foot  ball  instead  of 
having  a  'Varsity  foot  ball  team.  The  result  of  this  new 
scheme  was  favorable  for  '96,  as  they  captured  the  class 
championship  banner,  which  was  offered  to  the  class  win- 
ning the  greatest  number  of  points.  Bro.  Kollstede,  '96, 
and  Bro.  Morris,  '96,  were  on  the  winning  team.  Our 
musical  clubs,  during  the  second  term,  gave  a  series  of 
very  successful  concerts,  closing  the  season  with  a  grand 
concert  in  New  York,  the  success  of  which  proved  the 
merit  of  the  clubs.  Mu  was  represented  by  Bros.  Kollstede 
and  Post  on  the  mandolin  club,  and  Bro.  Ruggles  on  the 
banjo  club.  Socially,  we  have  kept  the  ball  rolling  by 
giving  dances  during  the  term,  ending  up  with  the  Junior 
Ball,  which  was  held  at  Sherry's,  New  York,  on  the  17th 
of  April.  Bro.  Ruggles  was  chairman  of  the  committee 
having  charge  of  the  ball. 

The  favorable  situation  of  our  new  house  is  conducive 
to  good  rushing.  Hardly  a  day  goes  by  without  some 
'*prep"  at  luncheon.  At  the  old  house  it  was  almost 
impossible  to  get  men  up  to  see  us  and  take  lunch,  because 
of  the  distance  and  limited  time. 

When  the  institute  opened  its  doors,  in  September,  i8g6, 
both  of  the  men— Bros.  John  Royden  Peirce  and  John  H. 
Drake — whom  we  had  pledged  entered  very  creditably, 
without  any  conditions.  Among  the  new  men,  Mu  was 
very  fortunate  in  securing  Bro.  J.  H.  A.  Day,  of  Orange. 
We  also  took  in  Bro.  Alfred  G.  Sidman,  who  was  prac- 
tically pledged  last  year,  but  was  unable  to  give  an  answer 
before  September;  and  later  on  we  took  in  Bro.  Arthur 
Vredenburgh  Wainwright.  At  the  end  of  the  first  term 
we  had  four  men  living  in  the  house — Bros.  Kirby,  Drake, 
Day  and  Wainwright.  We  have  one  man  already  pledged 
in  the  "  prep  "  school,  and  have  our  eyes  on  several  others. 
We  lose  one  brother  by  graduation  this  year  (Bro.  W.  W. 
Chapin),  and  our  prospects  for  next  year  are  very  bright. 


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NU,  UNIVERSITY  OF  TEXAS. 

CTARTING  with  the  ist  of  May,  1895,  the  first  notable 
*^  event  in  college  life  was  the  annual  field-day.  We 
succeeded  in  capturing  the  medal  for  the  best  all-round 
athlete,  Bro.  O'Keefe  being  the  fortunate  man,  with  a 
K.  A.  second,  and  Bro.  Homer  a  close  third.  In  the 
Fraternity  relay  race  we  were  beaten  by  Sigma  Nu. 
*'Kiffies"  obtained  first  place  in  six  events  and  second 
in  eight.  The  base  ball  team,  under  Bro.  O'Keefe's  cap- 
taincy, had  a  most  successful  season. 

After  having  succeeded  so  well  In  athletics,  we  turned 
our  attention  to  social  matters  and  aided  in  the  formation 
of  a  cotillion  club,  the  final  cotillion  being  given  under  the 
management  of  Bro.  Homer. 

At  the  Final  Ball  we  were  represented  by  Bros.  W.  O. 
Stephens,  as  Chairman  of  the  Invitation  Committee, 
J.  C.  Palm  on  Reception  Committee,  and  A.  P.  Homer 
on  the  Finance  Committee. 

October  i,  1895,  found  Bros.  Berry,  Lewis,  Nicholson, 
Rice,  Palm  and  O'Keefe  back  and  working  for  Nu.  Bro. 
Hertzberg,  of  San  Antonio,  was  also  here  to  assist  in  the 
start.  Charles  H.  Huberich  and  C.  H.  Wingrove  were 
Initiated  into  Nu  in  October,  Bro.  Hertzberg  being  the 
guest  of  honor. 

We  were  soon  strengthened  by  the  return  of  Bros. 
Homer,  Pettigrew,  Hill  and  Oldright,  the  latter  two 
being  charter  members  of  Nu  who  have  been  studying 
in  Munich  for  the  last  two  years.  Bros.  O'Keefe  and 
Homer  were  on  the  foot  ball  team. 

At  the  Final  Ball  elections  Nu  took  no  active  part  in  the 
political  situation,  but  received  full  representation  on  the 
committees,  as  follows:  L.  E.  Hill,  Invitation  Committee; 
C.  H.  Wingrove,  Floor  Committee;  J.  C.  Palmer  and 
A.  P.  Homer,  Reception  Committee,  and  F.  G.  Nicholson 
on  the  Committee  of  Finance. 


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On  the  organization  of  the  'Varsity  track  team  for  1896, 
Bros.  Homer  and  Lewis  were  among  the  successful  con- 
testants. 

In  the  class  organizations  we  have  Bro,  Lewis,  President 
of  '97,  and  Bro.  Wingrove,  President  of  '98.  In  the  cotil- 
lion club  we  have  Bros.  Berry,  Homer,  Nicholson  and 
Wingrove. 

On  April  21,  1896,  there  was  an  informal  meeting  of 
the  alumni  in  San  Antonio.  Bros.  Huberich,  Hill,  Berry 
and  LeFevre  went  down  to  represent  Nu's  active  members. 

In  addition  to  a  strong,  active  membership,  Chi  Phi 
gains  additional  prestige  from  its  alumni  in  the  faculty  of 
this  university.  The  following  are  here :  George  T.  Win- 
ston, President;  Dr.  J.  F.  Y.  Paine,  Dean  of  the  Medical 
Faculty ;  S.  E.  Mezes,  Professor  of  Philosophy ;  Arthur 
LeFevre,  Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics ;  and  in 
1897-98  will  be  added  from  Nu's  alumni,  M.  B.  Porter, 
Instructor  in  Mathematics,  and  C.  C.  Rice,  Tutor  in  Latin. 

Last  year's  group  numbered  eleven  at  the  close  of  the 
session.  Two  were  seniors — Bro.  Huberich  graduating  in 
law  and  Bro.  Rice  in  the  academic  department.  Nu's 
initiates  for  i896-'97  were:  Robert  T.  Neill,  of  San  An- 
tonio; Lewis  M.  Kemp,  of  EI  Paso;  H.  Elston  Ford,  of 
Austin,  and  C.  Elmer  Rowe,  of  Round  Rock — all  thor- 
oughly imbued  with  enthusiasm  for  our  beloved  Fraternity. 
All  these  men  had  offers  from  other  fraternities,  but  pre- 
ferred to  join  Chi  Phi. 


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XI,  CORNELL  UNIVERSITY. 

COCIALLY  speaking,  the  1895  commencement  was  indeed 
a  success.  Besides  the  senior  prom.,  musical  club 
concert  and  the  masque,  there  were  Chapter  receptions, 
among  which  may  be  mentioned  those  of  Zeta  Psi,  Sigma 
Phi,  Psi  Upsilon,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  that  of  Chi  Phi. 

Frequently  during  the  college  year  it  is  Xi's  custom  to 
give  receptions  and  dances,  largely  for  the  entertainment 
of  the  brothers ;  but  every  three  years  it  is  an  established 
custom  to  give  a  large  reception,  which  is  intended  to 
assume  a  pleasant  place  among  the  most  prominent 
features  of  commencement.  Xi's  reception  of  June  19th 
can  truthfully  be  put  on  record  as  the  most  successful  of 
its  kind  ever  given  at  Cornell.  Previous  to  this  affair  the 
Chapter  enjoyed  the  same  reputation  for  its  attempt  at  the 
preceding  reception,  and  it  is  the  source  of  much  congratu- 
lation that  we  retain  it  now. 

Xi,  fortunately,  did  not  lose  as  many  men  by  graduation 
as  she  did  the  year  previous,  when  six  brothers  received 
their  degrees.  Bros.  Weber,  Lanman  and  Green  were  the 
only  graduates. 

Fifteen  brothers  returned  in  the  fall  of  1895  to  resume 
their  work.  Bros.  Mersereau,  of  Rho  ;  Bailey,  of  Theta ; 
Heyerman,  of  Mu,  and  Dougherty,  of  Eta,  entered  the 
university  and  were  subsequently  admitted  to  the  Chapter. 

The  annual  swing  occurred  in  October,  when  Bros. 
William  Shankland  Dunning,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and 
Joseph  Waring  Green,  of  Dayton,  O.,  were  duly 
received  into  the  Fraternity.  On  March  7,  1896,  Bro. 
Robert  Page  Whittle,  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  was  initiated  into 
the  Fraternity. 

By  graduation  in  1896  we  lost  Bros.  Pickering  and 
Hillyer,  Bros.  Ralston  and  Gannett  continuing  in  the 
university  as  graduate  students. 

At  the  opening  of  the  fall  term  of  1896,  we  felt  keenly 


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the  loss  of  Bros.  Hillyer,  Pickering  and  Hill,  and  were  in  a 
most  distressing  financial  condition ;  but  hard  work  and 
enduring  patience  brought  their  reward,  and  we  initiated 
at  the  first  "swing"  Iverson  Brooks  Clarke,  of  Atlanta, 
and  Frank  Sedgewick  Tracy,  of  Syracuse.  At  the  second 
"  swing,"  held  two  or  three  weeks  later,  George  Jefferson 
Mersereau,  of  Owego,  and  Warren  Rockwood  Gibbs,  of 
Chicago,  were  initiated,  swelling  our  number  to  eighteen. 

In  a  social  way,  Xi  has  held  her  own ;  but  we  all  re- 
solved, at  the  opening  of  last  session,  that  we  would  make 
a  new  record  in  our  university  work,  and,  if  necessary,  at 
the  expense  of  every  other  interest. 

The  testimony  which  we  offer  as  to  our  faithfulness  to 
these  resolutions  is  the  fact  that  not  one  man  "flunked" 
during  or  at  the  end  of  the  term,  a  very  unusual  record  for 
the  fall  session. 

In  the  distribution  of  university  honors  we  have  been  by 
no  means  neglected,  having  representatives  on  all  the  class 
societies  and  many  clubs  and  committees. 

The  fact  is,  our  prospects  were  never  brighter  than  at 
present,  and  we  hope  fortune  may  continue  to  smile  upon  us. 


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OMICRON,  SHEFFIELD  SCIENTIFIC 
SCHOOL. 

'THIS  year  of  i8c)5-'<)6  was  most  successful  In  every  re- 
spect. Notwithstanding  the  smallness  of  '98,  we  were 
able  to  get  as  large  a  number  of  freshmen  as  desirable. 
We  lost  only  two  men— Bros.  Sands  and  Branch.  Chi 
Phi  was  the  only  fraternity  in  New  Haven  which  had  an 
eating  club  in  its  house.  Eating  clubs  in  fraternity  houses 
are  forbidden  by  the  faculty,  but  it  seems  they  were  unaware 
of  the  existence  of  ours  until  recently.  They  have  for- 
bidden its  continuance,  however,  in  Omicron's  new  house, 
a  fact  which  is  to  be  much  regretted. 

Omicron,  during  the  fall  term  of  1896,  had  the  pleasure 
of  seeing  her  new  house  under  construction.  The  freshmen 
class  was  somewhat  smaller  than  ordinarily,  and  at  this 
writing  Omicron  has  only  secured  five  freshmen.  How- 
ever, this  small  number  has  been  offset  by  the  addition  of 
three  junior  brothers— Grace,  Philbrick  and  Jackson.  Bro. 
Van  Every  was  very  successful  in  foot  ball  this  fall,  making 
the  team  and  playing  against  Princeton.  He  will  probably 
return  as  post-graduate,  and,  if  so,  will  certainly  be  Yale's 
star  half-back  for  the  season  of  1897.  Bro.  Upham  did 
not  return  to  college  this  year,  having  gone  into  business 
in  Duluth. 


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PI,  VANDERBILT  UNIVERSITY. 

CINCE  the  establishment  of  Pi  Chapter  of  Chi  Phi  it  has 
enrolled  one  hundred  and  three  members.  With  a  few 
exceptions,  these  men  have  stood  well  in  the  university, 
and  have  always  held  up  the  high  standard  of  Chi  Phi. 
With  the  exception  of  one  or  two  years,  the  Chapter  has 
been  small  in  comparison  with  the  other  fraternities  in 
Vanderbilt.  It  has  been  the  policy  of  the  majority  of 
the'*frats"  to  secure  large  numbers,  but  Pi  has  carefully 
avoided  this  "extreme  enthusiasm."  The  distinguishing 
characteristic  of  the  Chapter  is  not  quantity,  nor  high 
scholarship  (yet  we  have  much  of  this),  nor  wealth ;  but 
it  is  the  mutual  devotion  of  its  members. 

We  have  a  large  number  of  resident  members  who  occupy 
high  positions  in  the  city,  and  their  frequent  visits  are 
always  uplifting.  They  will  sacrifice  their  personal  interests 
oftentimes  for  "  old  Pi,"  and  they  are  ever  on  the  alert  to 
notify  us  of  any  good  men.  Prof.  C  B.  Wallace,  of 
Alpha,  has  a  school  preparatory  to  Vanderbilt  in  the  city, 
and  at  the  close  of  each  session  he  supplies  us  with  a  com- 
plete list  of  those  who  will  enter  the  university,  giving  us 
specific  suggestions  concerning  some. 

Bro.  Binford  Throne,  who  graduated  in  1896,  had  been 
with  Pi  for  five  years.  He  played  both  on  the  foot  ball 
and  base  ball  teams,  was  on  the  glee  club,  and  did  fine 
work  in  the  "  gym  "  contests. 

The  biggest  day,  when  the  entire  student-body  turns  out, 
is  the  "Annual  B.  U.  Election."  A  convention  is  held 
annually  to  vote  for  the  most  popular  student  in  the 
university,  who  secures  the  degree  of  "  Bachelor  of  Ugli- 
ness." In  1896  three  candidates  were  put  in  the  field,  and 
Bro.  Merritt  was  elected  by  our  faction  as  their  most 
popular  man.  Bro.  Merritt  was  offered  the  captaincy  of 
the  base  ball  team,  but  could  not  accept  it  because  of  his 
college  work. 


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It  has  given  os  great  pleasure  to  welcome  Bro.  Burke,  of 
Gamma,  for  a  short  time.  Bro.  Ivy  Lee,  of  Gamma,  spent 
two  delightful  days  with  us  on  his  way  home  from  college. 
We  hope  more  of  the  brothers  will  visit  us. 


RHO,  LAFAYETTE  COLLEGE. 

pvURING  the  year  1896  an  innovation  which  will  lead  to  a 
needed  reform  has  been  made  in  the  Greek  world  at 
Lafayette  in  the  shape  of  a  Fraternity  House,  which  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon  has  fitted  up  on  the^  campus.  While  this 
house  is  better  than  the  college  dormitories,  in  that  it  brings 
the  members  of  the  Chapter  in  closer  touch,  yet  being  on 
the  campus  forbids  many  social  pleasures.  For  years  Chi 
Phi  has  had  the  same  move  in  consideration,  but  the  college 
authorities  always  refused  to  allow  the  members  to  live  off 
the  campus,  and  the  scheme  was  abandoned.  Now  that 
the  faculty  apparently  approves.  Chapter  House  interest 
has  been  renewed  in  the  project,  and  the  resident  members 
are  taking  active  steps  to  secure  us  a  house  down  town. 


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SIGMA,  WOFFORD  COLLEGE. 

'IX/HEN  the  fall  session  of  i895-'96  opened  there  were 
^'  seven  present  to  uphold  the  standard  of  Chi  Phi. 
We  went  earnestly  to  work,  and  the  fruits  of  our  efforts 
were  shown  in  the  initiation  of  five  new  men.  Bros.  Cleve- 
land and  Twitty  did  not  return  to  college,  and  the  loss  of 
these  two  popular  and  enthusiastic  members  was  deeply 
regretted.  Bro.  Kennedy  did  not  return  after  Christmas, 
and  Bro.  Cleveland  left  for  Suwanee  University  in  Feb- 
ruary. 

Bro.  Hydrick  was  elected  editor-in-chief  of  our  college 
journal ;  Bro.  Wanamaker  was  elected  president  of  the 
Calhoun  Literary  Society,  and  Bro.  Moore  was  elected 
manager  of  the  athletic  association. 

The  most  enjoyable  occasion  of  the  year  was  a  banquet 
to  the  members  of  Chi  Phi  by  Bros.  E.  and  H.  Dean  at 
their  home. 

At  the  commencement  of  1896  Sigma  lost  five  men  by 
graduation.  We  then  had  a  good  number  left,  and  looked 
forward  to  meeting  the  remaining  brothers  in  October; 
but,  unfortunately,  five  did  not  return  to  college,  so  that 
we  lost  ten  men  in  all.  We  few  who  did  return  started  out 
to  build  up  the  Chapter  with  new  material,  but  after  care- 
fully looking  over  the  field  we  found  only  three  desirable 
men,  and  these  we  succeeded  in  obtaining. 

At  the  last  convention  it  was  urged  that  every  Chapter 
without  a  Chapter  House  secure  one.  We  wish  to  state 
our  position  in  this  matter.  We  have  a  hail  containing 
five  rooms,  well  suited  in  every  way  for  our  purpose. 
Every  year  we  have  three  or  four  brothers  who  live  in 
town,  and  almost  as  many  more  who  board  on  the  campus ; 
so  it  would  not  pay  us  to  rent  a  house,  and  our  hall  is 
much  better  adapted  to  our  needs.  Two  other  fraternities 
have   Chapter    Houses   (so-called),  which    are   nothing 


more  than  cottages  containing  five  rooms,  two  or  three  of 
which  are  used  as  bedrooms,  the  rest  for  fraternity  pur- 
poses. Such  a  house  we  do  not  want,  and  Sigma  is  well 
satisfied  with  her  present  quarters. 


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TAU,  SOUTH   CAROLINA  COLLEGE. 

/^N  June  I,  1892,  there  were  only  five  men  in  active 
membership  at  Tau.  During  the  spring  of  1892 
Br©.  Fred  Gilliam  left  college,  leaving  Bros.  R.  Moorman, 
H.  S.  Spahr,  P.  H.  McGowan  and  Stead  Shand  to  finish 
the  college  year.  At  the  first  Chapter  roll-call  of  the 
session  i892-'93  these  five  were  present.  Bro.  H.  F.  Jen- 
nings, of  Sigma,  '91,  at  this  time  became  identified  with 
Tau,  entering  the  Law  Department  of  South  Carolina 
College.  Early  in  the  fall  term  of  this  year  Bro.  N.  J. 
Hey  ward  was  initiated,  thus  giving  us  seven  active  mem- 
bers; but  in  January  of  1894  Bro.  R.  F.  Gilliam  was, 
unfortunately,  compelled  to  leave  college  on  account  of 
illness.  Our  next  loss  was  that  of  Bro.  Heyward,  whose 
eyes  failed  to  such  an  extent  he  was  forced  to  give  up  his 
chances  for  a  diploma.  Then  came  the  graduation  in  law 
of  Bros.  Jennings,  McGowan  and  Moorman. 

Tau  began  her  fifth  year  in  September,  1893,  with  two 
active  members— namely,  Bros.  Shand  and  Spahr.  This 
session  was  an  unusually  trying  one  for  us ;  we  could  find 
only  one  new  man  worthy  to  wear  the  scarlet  and  blue. 
However,  in  justice  to  another  new  man  of  that  year,  we 
must  say  we  did  want  him  to  join  us ;  but  he  had  five 
brothers  who  were  alumni  members  of  another  Fraternity, 
and  naturally  he  joined  that  one.  This  session  the  South 
Carolina  College  had  the  poorest  attendance  in  its  history ; 
it  suffered  from  the  political  dissension,  and  also  by  the 
opening  of  Clemson  College.  In  June,  1894,  Bro.  Shand 
received  a  certificate.  Tau  began  the  session  of  i894-'95 
with  two  men,  but  by  hard  work  and  the  very  valuable 
assistance  of  her  resident  alumni  the  Chapter-roll  increased 
rapidly  to  ten.  Our  first  initiate  of  the  session  was  Bro. 
Ford,  in  the  latter  part  of  September.  Early  in  October, 
Bro.  Robert  Moorman  returned  to  college  to  pursue  a  special 
course.    Following  this,  Bros.  Wallace  and  Legare  were 


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"put  through;"  then  Bros.  Parker  and  Bryan;  next, 
Bro.  Moore,  and  in  February,  1895,  Bro.  Torrence.  Unfor- 
tunately, Bros.  Legare  and  Moore  were  in  college  only  a 
few  weeks,  and  Bros.  Wallace,  Gibbes  and  Moorman  did 
not  finish  the  session.    Bro.  Spahr  graduated  in  June,  1895. 

The  men  who  reported  for  duty  in  September,  1895,  were 
Bros.  Parker,  Mason  and  Bryan.  The  initiates  of  this 
session  were  Bros.  Hagood,  Joseph  J.  Moorman  and  Metts 
in  the  first  term,  and  Bro.  Brunson  in  the  second.  Bros. 
Metts  and  Bryan  left  college  during  the  second  term,  and 
Bro.  Parker  received  a  certificate  in  June. 

Bros.  Hagood  and  Brunson  were  the  only  members  of 
the  Chapter  during  the  previous  year  who  returned  to  col- 
lege last  fall.  Together  with  our  alumni,  these  men  initiated 
three  new  men  within  the  first  month  of  this  session.  The 
initiates  of  i8c)6-'g7,  so  far,  have  been  Bros.  Taylor,  Hey- 
ward,  Fowles  and  Tompkins.  Tau's  prospects  seemed 
very  good  until  a  law  of  the  Tillman  legislature  prohibiting 
the  existence  of  secret  societies  in  colleges  under  the  patron- 
age of  the  state  took  her  life. 


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PHI,  AMHERST  COLLEGE. 

AT  the  1895  commencement  Phi  graduated  eleven  brothers, 
who  composed  what  one  of  the  professors  declared  to 
be,  "  One  of  the  finest  delegations  that  a  Chapter  ever  sent 
out."  Four  of  the  brothers  were  members  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  Society.  Bro.  Reid  took  the  Kent  Prize  in  English 
Literature  and  had  an  ovation  on  the  commencement  stage ; 
Bro.  Bancroft  was  Class  Prophet,  and  Bro.  Storrs  is  per- 
manent Class  Secretary.  Our  Annual  Commencement 
Reception  was  a  great  success.  It  was  declared  to  be 
second  to  none  of  the  eleven  Fraternity  receptions,  and 
certainly  the  attendance  verified  the  statement. 

Next  fall  the  Chapter  began  the  year  with  very  bright 
prospects.  Twenty  brothers  returned  to  college,  and  in 
October  we  initiated  seven  men.  The  different  members 
of  the  Chapter  were  unusually  successful  in  gaining  college 
honors,  largely  because  the  brothers  stood  together  and 
supported  the  Chapter. 

During  the  past  year  Phi  has  enjoyed  unusual  prosperity, 
and  her  efforts  along  every  line  have  been  successful.  Our 
Chapter  House,  which  suffered  from  fire  during  the  Easter 
recess  of  1895,  was  thoroughly  renovated  during  the  sum- 
mer holidays  and  was  ready  for  occupancy  in  the  fall.  All 
the  rooms  were  newly  painted  and  papered,  the  parlor  and 
halls  newly  furnished,  and  the  old  loggia  converted  into  a 
reading  and  lounging  room.  This  has  been  fitted  up  with 
easy  chairs  and  couches,  and  a  large  fire-place  in  one  end 
adds  greatly  to  its  comforts.  A  new  hot-water  system  for 
heating  has  been  put  in,  and  the  whole  house  is  as  good  as 
new.  The  only  fault  we  can  find  with  our  house  is  its 
size,  which  allows  only  ten  occupants,  and  we  are  hoping; 
to  build  an  addition,  if  we  can  get  suitable  land. 

Nearly  all  the  brothers  were  back  in  good  season  fcr 
'*  rushing,"  and  we  secured  good  men  from  the  entering 
class. 


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Our  social  duties  have  not  been  neglected.  Several  teas 
and  drives  given  by  individual  brothers  during  the  fall  and 
winter  terms,  and  our  annual  reception  toward  the  close  of 
the  winter  term,  have  served  to  keep  Chi  Phi  well  to  the 
front.  Our  reception  was  the  first  regular  "  house-warm- 
ing "  since  the  fire,  and  on  that  evening  we  entertained  a 
large  number  of  the  faculty  and  friends.  Bro.  Kimball  has 
represented  us  on  the  Cotillion  Club,  whose  membership  is 
confined  to  the  five  leading  fraternities  in  college. 

In  college  honors  Phi  has  also  been  prominent.  We 
have  had  the  manager  of  the  foot  ball  team,  manager  of 
the  musical  association,  leader  of  the  mandolin  club,  presi- 
dent of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  college 
organist.  Besides,  we  have  had  three  members  of  the 
'Varsity  foot  ball  team,  two  of  the  base  ball,  one  of  the 
athletic  team,  four  of  the  musical  clubs  and  two  on  the 
editorial  board  of  the  Student. 

Four  brothers  of  the  senior  delegation  are  members  of 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  one  of  these,  Bro.  Reid,  is  on 
the  commencement  stage. 

The  college,  as  a  whole,  has  enjoyed  a  year  of  prosperity; 
the  attendance  has  been  larger  than  ever  before,  and  there 
has  been,  for  the  most  part,  harmony  between  the  faculty 
and  undergraduates.  Amherst,  Dartmouth  and  Williams 
have  newly  formed  a  triple-triangular  league  in  foot  ball, 
base  ball  and  athletics.  Dartmouth  won  the  foot  ball 
pennant  last  fall  and  the  athletic  meet  this  spring,  while 
Amherst  had  to  content  herself  with  second  place  in  both. 

In  class  honors  we  have  been  well  represented,  and  our 
policy  has  been  straightforward  and  honest,  and  such  as 
has  gained  the  respect  of  the  college  body.  Our  relations 
one  to  another  have  been  strong  and  vital.  Our  aim  has 
been  to  make  the  Chapter  a  unit,  and  to  knit  still  closer 
the  bonds  of  brotherhood.  The  Chapter  is  strong,  both 
numerically  and  financially,  and  with  an  energetic,  loyal 
body  of  alumni,  together  with  strong  undergraduate  dele- 
gations, we  are  looking  forward  to  another  prosperous 
year,  and  one  that  shall  redound  to  the  honor  of  Phi. 


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ALUMNI  PERSONALS,  ETC. 


ALUMNI    PERSONALS. 

r^EORGE  TAYLOE  WINSTON,  University  of  North 
Carolina,  Alpha,  '70.— If  the  regents  of  the  univer- 
sity were  a  long  time  in  selecting  a  man  to  fill  the  office 
created  at  the  last  session  of  the  legislature,  their  delibera- 
tion was  fully  in  keeping  with  the  importance  of  their  task, 
the  successful  fulfillment  of  which  meant  making  or  marr- 
ing the  State  University  for  several  decades.  Their  selec- 
tion is  cause  for  universal  congratulation.  Mr.  Winston 
is  a  well-known  man  in  the  American  academic  world. 
As  President  of  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  he 
has  exhibited  great  executive  power.  The  record  of  that 
institution  under  his  management  is  evidence  of  a  more 
substantial  kind  than  mere  words.  From  a  handful  of 
students  several  years  ago,  the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina increased  rapidly  year  by  year  to  its  present  flourishing 
condition.  Personally,  President  Winston  is  a  most  attrac- 
tive character.  He  may  be  depended  upon  to  safeguard 
every  interest  of  honor  and  usefulness.  He  is  broad, 
upright,  alert,  genial,  sympathetic,  easily  approached, 
fond  of  a  good  story,  enthusiastic  for  athletics — in  fact, 
he  abounds  in  the  qualities  that  make  a  beneficently 
influential  man.  The  University  of  Texas,  under  Mr. 
Winston's  presidency,  may  be  expected  to  enter  a  new 
and  vigorous  period  of  development.  Desirable  conditions 
which  bid  fair  to  be  at  once  established  are  hope,  security 
and  satisfaction  within ;  awakened  interest  and  appre- 
ciation on  the  part  of  the  public ;  respect  and  growing 
recognition  of  their  duties  in  law  and  reason  on  the  part 
of  the  legislature,  and,  finally,  recovered  dignity  in  the 
eyes  of  the  scientific  world.— y4lcaldg.  University  of  Texas, 
July  14,  1896. 

Almost  five  years  ago  George  Tayloe  Winston,  '69,  then 
Professor  of  Latin,  was  unanimously  elected  President  of 
the  University  of  North  Carolina.    The  year  before  he 


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came  into  command,  as  it  were,  there  were  198  students 
enrolled  on  the  university's  books,  and  now  in  the  middle 
of  the  fifth  year  of  his  presidency  there  are  526.  Endowed 
with  much  energy  and  keen  judgment,  Dr.  Winston  is  not 
only  a  talented  man,  but  one  possessing  fme  executive 
ability.  His  devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  university  is 
absolute,  and  his  vigorous  policy  has  succeeded  most 
wonderfully.  He  is  a  native  North  Carolinian,  and  was 
Assistant  Professor  of  Literature  when  twenty-three  years 
of  age. — University  {Magazine,  March,  1896. 

ALPHA. 

DRO.  Cloud,  B.  L.,  '96,  is  practicing  law  in  Los 
'-^    Angeles,  Cal. 

W.  M.  Smith,  M.  A.,  '95,  is  in  the  law  office  of  Parsons^ 
Shepard  &  Ogden,  New  York  City. 

R.  E.  L.  Marshall,  '96,  is  studying  law  in  Baltimore. 

N.  J.  Worthington,  M.  D.,  94,  is  practicing  medicine  in 
Johannesburg,  Africa. 

T.  R.  Tyler,  '95,  is  practicing  law  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Alfred  Tyler,  '95,  is  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

E.  Bates  Block,  M.  D.,  '95,  is  assistant  in  the  Johns 
Hopkins  Hospital,  at  Baltimore. 

Douglas  F.  Duval,  M.  D.,  '94,  is  stationed  at  the  Johns 
Hopkins  Hospital,  Baltimore. 

Thomas  R.  Keith,  B.  L.,  '94,  is  practicing  law  in  War- 
renton,  Va. 

H.  S.  Cumming,  M.  D.,  '93,  is  a  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  Army,  at  Indianapolis. 

A.  P.  Mitchell,  M.  D.,  '94,  is  resident  physician  at  Vir- 
ginia Beach. 

D.  M.  Cloud,  B.  L.,  '96,  is  following  the  law  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal. 

Hill  Hastings,  M.  D.,  '95,  is  United  States  Marine  Sur- 
geon. 

Louis  McKim  is  with  McKim  &  Co.,  in  Baltimore. 

C.  M.  Sandford,  '96,  is  studying  law  in  New  York  City^ 


96 


BETA. 

DRO.  L.  C.  Wason,  'gi,  was  married  to  Miss  Harriet 
*-'    Willis,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  on  October  8th. 

Bro.  H.  J.  Watson,  '95,  and  Miss  Adelaide  Brown,  of 
Boston,  were  married  October  14th. 

Bro.  F.  I.  Davis,  '92,  and  Miss  Eunice  S.  Parker,  of 
New  Britain,  Conn,  were  united  in  marriage  October  15th. 

Bro.  L.  R.  Nash,  '94,  and  Miss  Bonnibel  Remington 
were  married  October  15th,  at  Cambridge. 

Bro.  Moat,  '96,  is  an  instructor  in  chemistry  at  the 
Institute. 

Bro.  underwood,  '96,  is  with  the  Electrone  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  of  Springfield. 

Bro.  Oilman,  95,  has  opened  a  dental  establishment  in 
Boston. 

Bro.  Meserve,  '92,  is  in  business  in  New  York  City. 

Bro.  Dickey  is  doing  a  rushing  business  in  architecture, 
with  Honolulu  as  his  headquarters. 

Bro.  Tucker,  '92,  has  opened  offices  at  156  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York  City,  and  is  doing  extensive  work  in  concrete 
structures. 

Bro.  W.  D.  Bliss,  '95,  is  with  McKim,  Mead  &  White, 
in  New  York  City. 

Bro.  Vinton,  97,  is  in  business  with  Bro.  Tucker  in 
charge  of  the  Boston  branch. 

Bro.  H.  E.  Davis,  '95,  is  in  the  architectural  business  in 
New  York  City. 

Bro.  Fames,  96,  is  with  the  General  Electric  Company, 
in  Schenectady. 

Bro.  Brockunier,  '93,  is  a  mining  expert  in  oil  and  coal ; 
headquarters  in  Wheeling. 

Bro.  Walker,  '93,  has  charge  of  Harper  &  Brothers* 
branch  establishment  in  Boston. 

Bro.  Shepard,  '96,  is  with  Clinton  &  Russell,  architects, 
in  New  York  City. 


97 


Bro.  Baldwin,  '94,  is  assistant  manager  of  the  Hamo- 
quopoca  plantation  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands. 

ZETA. 

gROS.  WETZEL,  '95;   Spangler,  '95;   High,  '96,  and 
Kinzer,  '96,  are  studying  law,  while  Bros.  Bergley 
and  Weidner,  '96,  are  studying  for  the  ministry. 
Bro.  R.  C.  West,  '96,  is  at  West  Point. 

GAMMA. 

O    E.  W.  Palmer,  '72,  is  a  member  of  Fulton  County 

•  (Atlanta)  Commissioners  of  Roads  and  Revenues. 
L.  Z.  Rosser,  '78,  is  attorney  of  Fulton  County  Com- 
missioners of  Roads  and  Revenues. 

ETA. 

p  W.  MELDRIM,  '68,  Chatham  County ;  J.  M.  Slaton, 

•  '86,  Fulton  County ;  J.  B.  Nevin,  '92,  Floyd  County ; 
J.  T.  Boifeuillet,  Georgia  Iota,  '76,  Bibb  County ;  T.  D. 
Oliver,  Gamma,  '78,  Burke  County,  are  members  of  the 
present  Georgia  Legislature. 

N.  E.  Harris,  '70,  and  P.  W.  Meldrim,  '68,  are  among 
the  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University 
of  Georgia. 

A.  E.  Colhoun,  '72,  is  Recorder  of  the  city  of  Atlanta. 

J.  C.  Hart,  '75,  is  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Ocmulgee  Circuit,  Georgia. 

N.  R.  Broyles,  '88,  is  United  States  Commissioner, 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

L.  L.  Knight,  '88,  is  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the 
Atlanta  Constitution. 

Rev.  John  D.  Hammond,  '70,  is  President  of  Wesley  an 
Female  Colllege,  Macon,  Ga. 

Washington  Dessau,  '69,  was  Permanent  Chairman  of 
the  recent  State  Democratic  Convention  of  Georgia. 


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Arnold  Broyles  is  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Fulton  County— the  Atlanta  Circuit. 

W.  H.  Pope,  '89,  is  practicing  law  at  Santa  F^,  New 
Mexico. 

W.  R.  Hammond,  '69  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, Atlanta,  Ga. 

Charles  F.  Rice,  '87,  is  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Ordinary, 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

GEORGIA  IOTA. 

lYMAN  Hall,  '76,  is  President  of  the  Georgia  School  of 
^    Technology. 

IOTA. 

DRO.  C.  W.  Davis  is  electrician  on  the  Evansville 
'^    Street  Railway. 

Bro.  A.  T.  Balentine  is  Assistant  City  Engineer  of 
Springfield,  Ohio. 

E.  E.  Sparks,  now  Professor  of  United  States  History 
at  the  University  of  Chicago,  spent  the  summer  in  Europe 
securing  material  for  the  establishment  of  a  historical 
museum  for  the  university. 

LAMBDA. 

DRO.  FRANKLIN  K.  LANE,  formerly  in  Tacoma,  Wash., 
is  now  in  San  Francisco,  and  manages  to  see  a  good 
deal  of  "  Kiffies"  thereabouts. 

Bro.  F.  T.  Vassault  is  with  the  Argonaut  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

MU. 

pROS.  ANDERSON,  '94,  and  Cameron,  '94,  are  at  their 
homes  in  Richmond,  Va.,  while  Bro.  Hamilton,  '94, 
is  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

Bros.  Kollstede,  Cook,  Smart  and  Cummings,  of  the 
class  of  '94,  have  joined  the  ranks  of  the  engineers  in 
New  York  City. 


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Bro.  Tarr,  '95  is  with  the  Worthington  Pump  Co.,  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

NU. 

IMU  is  fortunate  in  having  such  brothers  as  Winston 
^^  (N.  C.  Alpha),  LeFevre  (Alpha),  McRae  (Lambda) 
and  Mezes  (Lambda)  in  the  faculty  of  the  university. 

Bros.  Abercrombie,  '96,  and  Briggs,  '98,  are  studying 
at  Harvard. 

Bro.  Goodwin,  '95,  is  practicing  medicine  at  Whitaker, 
Texas. 

Bro.  Hamilton,  '92,  is  one  of  the  young  attorneys  at 
Laredo. 

Bro.  Hertzberg,  '92,  is  practicing  law  at  San  Antonio. 

Bro.  Hopkins  '92,  is  an  attorney  at  Gonzales. 

Bro.  Short,  '92,  is  City  Attorney  at  Seguin. 

Bro.  Stephens,  '94,  is  practicing  law  at  Honey  Grove. 

XL 

DRO.  C.  H.  PICKERING,  '96,  is  with  the  Solvay  Process 
^     Co.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Bro.  H.  S.  Johnson,  '96,  is  traveling  for  the  General 
Electric  Co. 

Bro.  R.  P.  Whittle,  '96,  has  a  position  at  Denver,  Col. 

We  take  pleasure  in  announcing  the  engagement  of 
Bro.  L.  O.  Ralston,  '96,  to  Miss  Louise  Sumner,  of  Ithaca. 

Bro.  A.  N.  Gibb,  '90,  married  Miss  Reita  Collins  on 
June  ist,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 

Bro.  W.  K.  Lanman,  '95,  has  a  position  at  Columbus, 
Ohio. 

Bro.  George  Hillyer,  '96,  M.  E.,  A.  B.,  has  the  position 
of  Consulting  Engineer  at  Murphy,  N.  C. 

Bro.  C.  Leonard,  '97,  is  treasurer  of  the  Walter  R. 
Wood  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Bro.  Hale,  '96,  is  with  theSouthwark  Iron  Co.,  of  Phila- 
delphia. 


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Bro.  Denman,  'q6,  is  with  the  Atha  Illingsworth  Co.,  of 
Newark,  N.  J.  He  married,  on  June  17th,  Miss  Davis,  of 
Newark,  a  sister  of  Bro.  H.  E.  Davis,  Beta. 

Bro.  Taylor,  '96,  is  a  publisher  at  No.  66  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York. 

Bro.  Green,  '95,  is  studying  law  in  New  York  City. 

RHO. 

DRO.  Stauffer,  '95,  is  teller  of  the  Scottdale  (Pa.) 
^    Bank. 

Bro.  Sprout,  '95,  is  a  chemist  in  Benore,  Pa. 

Bro.  Lee,  '94,  is  with  the  Grassali  Chemical  Works,  in 
Chicago. 

Bro.  Peters,  '97,  is  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Bro.  Harding,  '96,  is  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  in 
Philadelphia. 

Bro.  Chidsey,  '98,  is  superintendent  of  the  Edison 
Electric  Co.,  in  Easton. 

Bro.  Kintner,  '97,  is  teaching  in  Stroudsburg,  Pa. 

SIGMA. 

DRO.  T.  M.  EVANS,  '97,  is  President  of  the  Spartanburg 
Cotton  Factory. 

Bro.  M.  Twitty,  '97,  is  President  of  the  Central  Bank 
at  Spartanburg. 

Bro.  S.  H.  McGee  '95,  is  teaching. 

Bro.  F.  E.  Dibble,  '95,  is  president  of  a  cotton  factory. 

Bro.  T,  C.  Blake,  '86,  is  manager  of  the  Spartanburg 
Clothing  Co. 

Bro.  Henry  Cleveland,  '96,  is  assistant  cashier  ^t  the 
Spartanburg  National  Bank. 

Bro.  Ed.  Dean,  '97,  is  editor  of  the  Journal. 

Bro.  W.  H.  Wannamaker,  '97,  is  principal  of  the  Spar- 
tanburg Graded  School. 

Bro.  T.  C.  Blake,  '97,  is  a  merchant  at  Spartanburg. 


lOI 


TAU. 

Dro.  HEYWARK,  '96,  is  with  the  Columbia  Mills  Co. 

Bro.  Gibbes,  '97,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  W.  H. 
Gibbes  &  Co.,  in  Columbia. 

Bro.  De  Saussure  Ford  is  in  the  cotton  business  in 
Augusta,  Ga. 

Bro.  D.  H.  Wallace,  '96,  was  married  February,  1896, 
to  Miss  Helen  T.  Morgan,  of  Columbia. 

Bro.  F.  L.  Parker,  '96,  is  Professor  of  Chemistry  at 
the  South  Carolina  Military  Academy. 

Bro.  W.  A.  Moore,  '96,  is  with  the  Southern  Express  Co. 

PSI. 

DRO.  W.  L.  MURRAY,  '95,  is  with  the  Westinghouse 
*^     Electric  Co.,  in  Pittsburg. 

Bro.  G.  H.  Powell,  '95,  is  with  the  Mount  Carbon  Coal 
Co.,  in  West  Virginia. 

Bro.  G.  B.  Rodney,  '94,  is  with  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road, at  Salix,  Pa. 

Bro.  John  Tenney,  '98,  is  with  the  Fire  Underwriters' 
Association  of  Philadelphia. 


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OBITUARY. 


G.  W.  G.  FERRIS. 

f^  W.  G.  Ferris'  name  was  so  conspicuously  before 
the  public  during  the  World's  Fair  that  the  more 
salient  features  of  his  life  are  probably  familiar  to  the 
readers  of  the  Chi  Phi  YEAR  BOOK,  and  but  little  can  be 
added  to  the  facts  already  known. 

He  was  born  in  1859,  at  Galesburg,  111.,  and  was  one  of 
a  family  of  several  children.  He  remained  under  the 
parental  roof  until  twelve  years  of  age,  when  he  was  sent 
to  a  military  school  at  San  Francisco.  At  the  age  of 
seventeen  he  entered  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  '81.  He  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  Eta  (now  Theta)  Chapter  of  the  Chi  Phi  at 
the  institute,  which  was  inaugurated  May  25, 1878.  While 
an  undergraduate,  Mr.  Ferris  took  a  very  active  interest  in 
the  Chapter.  Indeed,  to  his  efforts,  as  much  as  to  those  of 
any  other  one  member,  the  early  success  of  the  Chapter 
was  due. 

After  graduation  he  did  the  usual  shifting  about  of  a  new 
civil  engineer,  going  first  to  West  Virginia  to  do  railroad 
and  mining  engineering.  Later  he  took  a  position  with 
the  Louisville  Bridge  and  Iron  Co.,  and  the  Henderson 
Bridge  Co. 

In  1885  he  first  began  the  inspection  of  materials  of  con- 
struction for  railroads,  and  two  years  later  he  formed  the 
firm  for  inspection  of  all  kinds  of  structural  iron  and  steel, 
of  which  he  was  a  member  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Ferris  married,  in  1886,  the  beautiful  Miss  Margaret 
Beatty,  of  Ohio.  No  children  came  to  their  home,  and 
this  was  one  of  the  disappointments  in  a  life  favored  by 
unusual  good  fortune  and  success. 


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During  his  college  days  he  manifested  the  same  qualities 
which  later  characterized  him  as  a  man— a  lavish  gener- 
osity;  unbounded  energy  and  quickness  to  comprehend 
and  seize  on  the  important  points  of  a  question ;  ability 
to  give  a  snap  judgment,  which  was  usually  correct. 
Above  all  his  other  qualities,  however,  predominated  that 
personal  magnetism  which  everyone  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact  was  made  to  feel.  It  was  said  of  a  celebrated 
divine,  that  he  had  the  power  to  pronounce  Mesopotamia  so 
as  to  make  his  hearers  either  laugh  or  cry.  Bereft  of  its 
exaggeration,  we  know  that  power  does  exist.  It  is  given 
to  only  a  few  rare  people,  but  was  certainly  vouchsafed 
Mr.  Ferris  in  a  large  measure.  Otherwise,  how  could  he 
have  made  the  incredulous  and  scoffing  public  believe  in 
his  wheel,  the  conception  of  which  had  so  many  elements 
of  the  unreasonable,  and  was  even  pronounced  an  impos- 
sibility by  some  of  the  ablest  engineers. 

It  is  true,  Bro.  W.  F.  Gronau,  another  member  of  the 
firm,  made  the  mathematical  calculations  for  the  wheel,  but 
that  in  no  way  detracts  from  the  credit  due  Bro.  Ferris. 
Nothing  but  his  dauntless  courage  could  have  carried  the 
project  into  execution. 

It  was  a  herculean  task,  in  the  first  place,  to  secure  a 
concession  from  the  World's  Fair  Directory.  A  revolving 
tension  wheel  of  such  gigantic  proportions  was  too  chi- 
merical. Even  the  first  concession  was  wtthdrawn,  nor 
was  the  final  one  given  until  four  and  one-half  months 
before  the  Fair  was  to  open.  To  complete  the  work  in  that 
time  was  a  stupendous  task,  but  Mr.  Ferris  was  equal  to 
it.  He  organized  a  stock  company.  He  persuaded  several 
mills  to  do  his  work  to  the  exclusion  of  other  demands.  He 
employed  special  trains  to  bring  the  material.  In  fact,  he 
spared  neither  effort  nor  money  to  redeem  his  promise  to 
complete  the  wheel  in  the  specified  time.  How  little  at  that 
time,  though,  did  he  realize  the  value  of  what  he  was 
giving.    The  unremitting  work  and  grave  responsibilities 


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brought  him,  by  the  end  of  the  season,  to  the  verge  of 
nervous  prostration.  In  fact,  he  never  regained  his  consti- 
tutional vigor,  and  was  an  easy  prey  to  the  fever,  of  which 
he  died  in  February  of  last  year,  barely  thirty-eight  years 
old— not  really  in  the  prime  of  life. 

It  is  difficult  to  imagine  a  greater  engineering  achieve- 
ment than  the  successful  operation  of  the  wheel,  and  yet  we 
cannot  believe  that  he  had  fully  reached  the  zenith  ^  his 
powers. 

GEORGE  HERBERT  WATSON,  D.  D., 
UPSILON,  '66. 

r\IED  in  Seattle,  June  13,  1896,  Rev.  George  Herbert 
Watson,  rector  of  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal  church, 
in  the  forty-ninth  year  of  his  age.  He  had  long  been  a 
sufferer  from  Bright's  disease,  which  finally  culminated  in 
his  death  at  an  age  when  many  clergymen  exert  their  largest 
influence  for  good.  In  the  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Watson  the 
Episcopal  church  loses  one  of  its  most  energetic,  active  and 
zealous  adherents.  In  the  jurisdiction  of  Oregon,  as  well 
as  that  of  Western  Washington,  he  wielded  a  strong 
influence,  and  was  always  a  leading  spirit  in  the  annual 
convocations. 

A  church  paper  says  of  him  :  "  The  name  of  Dr.  Wat- 
son will  stand  in  this  diocese  as  long  as  it  may  be  remem- 
bered as  a  concrete  exponent  of  sound  and  reverent  church- 
manship.  This  was  of  the  type  of  the  high  churchmanship 
of  old,  but  it  had  the  quality  of  the  modern  renaissance  of 
Catholic  and  Anglican  ritual  usage.  Quietly,  unobtru- 
sively and  without  controversy,  what  he  believed  and  held 
regarding  the  church,  her  sacraments  and  worship  took  on 
the  bloom  and  beauty  of  a  significant  symbolism  in  a 
ritual  expression  which  was  most  reverent,  comely  and 
orderly,  and  which  was  expressive  in  the  extreme." 

The  Seattle  Tost-lntelligencer  said:   "Rev.  George  H. 


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Watson  was  one  of  the  pioneer  rectors  of  Seattle,  and  had 
as  many  friends  among  the  pioneers  who  never  went  to  his 
church  as  he  had  among  his  own  parishioners.  He  was  a 
man  of  strong  convictions,  and  during  his  seventeen  years 
of  ecclesiastical  work  here  did  everything  in  his  power  to 
uplift  the  city.  As  a  pulpit  orator  he  was  not  so  much  of 
a  brilliant  as  a  strong  speaker.  Most  of  his  sermons  were 
delivered  extempore,  and  he  showed  the  results  of  deep  and 
earnest  study.  His  demeanor  was  quiet,  and  gave  an  idea 
of  reserved  force. 

"  He  was  virtually  the  father  of  the  Trinity  parish  in 
Seattle,  as  it  was  under  his  guidance  it  grew  to  its  present 
proportions.  He  was  the  third  rector  of  the  parish,  and 
when  he  first  went  into  the  little  church,  then  on  Third 
Avenue,  was  the  only  Episcopal  minister  in  the  city.  From 
an  early  acquaintance  with  him,  many  of  the  pioneers  have 
expressed  the  wish  that  he  might  conduct  their  funeral 
services.  He  was  the  founder  of  Grace  Hospital,  and 
worked  hard  for  its  maintenance  and  betterment. 

"  Dr.  Watson  was  born  in  Thomaston,  Conn.,  August  g, 
1847.  His  father.  Rev.  William  Watson,  was  a  clergy- 
man— a  parish  priest.  The  son  followed  in  the  steps  of 
his  father,  and  it  was  early  decided  to  educate  him  for  the 
ministry.  His  ecclesiastical  training  was  received  in  Hobart 
College  and  completed  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary 
of  New  York.  From  the  former  school  he  received,  in  1892, 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  He  was  made 
a  priest  in  1871,  and  at  the  same  time  married  Miss  De 
Angelis,  of  New  York.  His  first  charge  was  at  Freehold, 
New  Jersey.  About  eighteen  years  ago  he  came  to  this 
coast,  and  was  for  about  two  years  in  charge  of  the  schools 
at  San  Mateo.  Since  coming  to  Seattle,  about  sixteen  years 
ago,  he  has  been  rector  of  Trinity  parish,  and  under  him 
the  present  buildings  were  constructed.  After  the  Episco- 
palian church  in  Washington  severed  its  connection  with 
the  Oregon  branch  he  was  elected  president  of  the  con- 


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sulate,  holding  the  position  for  fifteen  years.  Several  times 
he  was  sent  as  delegate  to  the  General  Episcopal  Con- 
vention." ^^___^^^ 

AUGUSTUS  LOPE  CRAIG,  THETA,  '94. 

AUGUSTUS  LOPE  CRAIG,  Theta,  '94,  died  July  3,  1896, 
^  at  Marion,  Indiana,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years. 
He  was  a  native  of  Troy,  New  York,  and  a  career  of 
great  eminence  in  his  profession  as  a  chemist  seemed  to 
be  his.  He  was  genial  and  generous,  and  few  persons 
had  more  friends.  His  death  was  sudden  and  away  from 
home,  and  thereby  doubly  sad  to  the  many  who  prized  his 
friendship. 

Bro.  Craig  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  '94  at  the 
Rennselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  and  of  the  Theta  Chapter 
of  Chi  Phi.  Being  earnest  and  enthusiastic  in  all  things, 
he  made  a  faithful  and  valuable  fraternity  man.  After 
leaving  the  institute  he  was  employed  at  the  old  Bessemer 
Steel  Works,  at  Troy,  and  later  accepted  a  position  as 
chemist  with  the  Walter  A.  Wood  Company,  of  Hoosick 
Falls.  Nearly  a  year  ago  Mr.  Craig  went  to  Marion, 
where  he  accepted  a  similar  position  with  the  Sweet  & 
Clark  Company,  which  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Bro.  Craig  was  not  married. 

Charles  D.  OLDRIGHT,  Nu,  '92.  Died  January  19, 
1896.    Born  January  23,  1872.    Initiated  March  19, 1892. 

F.  G.  BRANDES,  Mu,  '96.  Died  July  18,  1894.  Born 
April  I,  1874.    Initiated  October  13,  1893. 


Q 


107 


GRAND   OFFICERS  AND 
COUNCILLORS. 


ANDREW  J.  POST,         .        .        .      GRAND  ALPHA 
I  Enos  Place,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

ALBERT  E.  SELLENINGS,         .        .        REGISTRAR 

149  West  44th  Street,  New  York. 

ISAAC  P.  SMITH,  .         .        .         GRAND  DELTA 

349  Madison  Avenue,  New  York. 

JOHN  D.  ADAMS,        ....    COUNCILLOR 

349  Madison  Avenue,  New  York. 

ARTHUR  G.  THOMPSON,         .        .    COUNCILLOR 

487  West  End  Avenue,  New  York. 

HORACE  D.  HAIGHT,  .        .        .     GRAND  GAMMA 
336  Hudson  Avenue,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

SAM  HUGH  BROCKUNIER,  .        .       GRAND  ZETA 

Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 


108 


CHAPTER  MEMBERSHIP  FOR  i896-'97. 


ALPHA. 


Samitbl  Watts,  Alpha,  . 

W.  Y.  White, 

David  I.  White, 

I,.  M.  White, 

A.  W,  Aston,     .        .       .       . 

G.  R.  Venable,     . 

A.  B.  Rhett,      .        .        .        . 

JAS.  O'Keefe,  Jr., 

WILLIAM  B.  Trout,  Gamma, 


Unirersity  ot  Virginia,  Va. 


BETA. 

1897. 

William  Harvbt  Barlow,  Beta, 

335  East  Centre  St.,  Mahonoy  City,  Pa. 
Carl  Schuttler,      .        .  ,    287  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago,  lU. 

Howard  Agnew  Noble,  Alpha,       .    1516  Howe  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
WILLIAM  Aleck  Faxon,  .    70  l4nwood  Ave.,  Bufblo,  N.  Y. 

1898. 
George  Frederick  Ulmer,  82  Cliff  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Carleton  Spayth  Koch,  Delia, Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

William  Daniels  Blackmer,  Gamma 

631  Cascade  Ave.,  Colorado  Springs,  CoL 
Richard  Mommers,  Delta,  .  South  Manchester,  Conn. 

Herbert  I.  IvOrd,      ...       75  Howard  Ave.,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

1899. 
Alexander  Ribman  Hollidat,  Epsilon, 

601  N.  Meridan  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Gborob  Winslow  Brown,  .  .839  Boylson  St.,  Boston. 
William  Currt, 

1900. 

George  Otto  Schnellbr, Ansonia,  Conn. 

John  Mitchell  Hiooins,     .  25  Boswell  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Henry  Welles  Tcbbs Kingston,  Pa. 

Carl  Calvin  Briogs,  Jr., Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Samuel  B.  Elbert,  Boston,  Mass. 

Frederic  I.  Merrick, ** 

Russell  H.  Glover " 


109 


GAMMA. 
1897. 

Robert  Jbssib  Travis,  Alpha,     ....  Covington,  Ga. 

John  Hart  Gress,  Beta, Atlanta,  Ga. 

James  Haralson  Pace Covington,  Ga. 

William  Henry  IvAPrade,  Jr.,     ....  Shreveport,  I,a. 

i8q8. 

Henry  Whitehead, Macon,  Ga. 

Frank  Bartow  Godfrey,  Delta      ....        Madison,  Ga. 
Robert  Johnson  Hill,  Gamma,  .        .        .  Greenville,  Ga. 

Charles  William  Morrison,  Zeta Rome,  Ga. 

Edward  Gaudry  Thompson,       ....  Savannah,  Ga. 

1899. 

Joseph  Jacques  Taylor,  Epsilon, Atlanta,  Ga. 

William  Hankins  Trawick,      ....         Cedartown,  Ga. 

1900. 

Thomas  Walter  Moore, Bolton,  Ga. 

Vaughn  Nixon, Atlanta,  Ga. 

Robert  Monroe  Clarke, " 

Howard  Muse, " 

William  Blakely  I^ovett, Ft.  Valley,  Va. 

DELTA. 

1897. 

Samuel  Lawrence  Harding,      .       35  East  Ave.,  Bridgeton,  N,  J. 
Hugh  Haddow,  Jr.,    .        .      logj^  Bloomfield  Ave.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Andrew  John  Meyer,  Beta, Albany,  N.  Y. 

Albert  Rose  Riggs,  Alpha, Milton,  N.  J. 

1898. 
WiLLARD  Parker  Clark,  Gamma, 

89  Bayard  St.,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
Wm.  Pitman  Corbett  Strickland,  Jr.,  Delta,    "  " 


King  Stickler  Oram,  Zeta, 

Wm.  Reese  Hart,  Gamma, 
Vincent  Moore  Irick, 
John  Wallace  Thompson, 


Rockaway,  N.  J. 


1899. 


Neshanic,  N. 
Vincentown,  N. 
Morristown,  N. 


1900. 
Ralph  Wilcox  Booth,  Jr.,      .       .       .         New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
John  Wirth, Albany,  N.  Y. 


1 10 


EPSILON. 
1897. 

Samuel  Pasco,  Jr..  Alpha^ 
Charles  Friend,  Beta,        .... 
Robert  Kincaid  Brock,  Gamma, 
Robert  Thurston  Huber,  Jr.,  Zeta, 


Monticello,  Fla. 
Hampden-Sidney,  V«. 

Boiling,  Va. 


1898. 
David  Cummins  Morton, I/misville,  Ky. 

1899. 
I^ucius  Falkland  Gary, Randolph,  Va. 

1900. 
Philip  9uobnb  Hubabj>, Boiling,  Va. 


ZETA. 

1898. 

Charles  Haupt  BRXTmrsR,  Deltas     .  .         Norristown,  Pa. 

John  Opdyke, Bridge  Valley,  Pa. 

Sumner  Vincent  Hosterman,  Zeta,  Centre  Hall,  Pa. 

William  Allison  Kepner, Gettysburg,  Pa. 

John  Jacob  Bollinger Hanover,  Pa. 

1899. 
Elwood  Aukeney  McI^aughlin,  Gamma,  .        .  Clearspring,  Md. 
Nevin  Iv.  Weidner,  Alpha, Guernsey,  Pa, 


1900. 


Jambs  Rkno  Lochbr,  Epsilon, 
Horace  Clemens  Kinzer,  . 
Joseph  E.  Guy,     . 
Harry  D.  Martin, 
Edward  R.  Plauk,    . 
PRBDBRICK  A.  Cook, 


Lancaster,  Pa. 


ETA. 
1897. 


Prank  Kblls  Boland,  Alpha,     . 
Prank  Lamal  Flbmino, 
Frank  Rice  Mitchell,  Gamma, 


AtlanU,  Ga. 


Ill 


1898. 

Harry  Tunrod  Bearing, Athens,  Ga. 

John  Francis  Ridley,  Beta^ Atlanta,  Ga. 

Charles  Hareman  Black,  Zeta^ " 

Junius  Godolphin  Oglesby, " 

Ben.  C.  Yancey,  Gamma, " 

Daniel  G.  Hughes, " 

1899. 

James  Smith  Dougherty, Atlanta,  Ga^ 

Hugh  Hines  Harris, Athens,  Ga. 

Burton  Clark, Atlanta,  Ga. 

Arthur  Clark, " 

Daniel  Greenwood  Hughes, Danville,  Ga. 

Pratt  A.  Adams, Savannah,  Ga. 

John  Meador  Goldsmith, Atlanta,  Ga. 

John  Thomas  Dennis.  Sr., Eatonton,  Ga. 

John  Thomas  Dennis,  Jr., " 

James  Broll  Ridley, La  Grange,  Ga. 

Roy  Dennis  Jenkins, Eatonton,  Ga. 

1900. 

Ferdinand  Phinizy  Calhoun, Atlanta,  Ga» 

William  Lowery  Porter, " 

Albert  E.  Thornton,  Jr., " 

THETA. 
1897. 

Henry  Hatfield  Decker New  York  City. 

Frank  Parsons  Amsden,  y4//Aa,         .        .        .        Rochester,  N .  Y. 
La  Monte  Russel  Stroud,  Beta,     ....      Ballston,  N.  Y. 

1898. 

William  Hamilton  Supplee, Erie,  Pa. 

Horace  De  Remer  Haight, Albany,  N.  Y. 

Carroll  Livingstone  Rumsey,  Gamma,     .        .        .   Salem,  N.  J. 
Edward  Dennison  Hooker,  Zeta,     .       .       .       Spokane,  Wash. 

1899. 

Walter  Curtis  Hebard,  Epsilon,    ....  BuflFalo,  N.  Y. 
William  Hepburn  Tinsman,       ....    Williamsport,  Pa. 

Elmore  Scott  Van  Orman, Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

James  Bean  Wilson, Louisville,  Ky^ 

Jacob  Hopewell  Lindenburger,  Delta,       .       .  " 

Edward  Adams  Hermany, " 


112 


IQOO. 
Gborok  Baylers  Lindenburoer, 
Charles  Abrrcromby  Dunbar  Baylby, 
Db  Witt  Parshall  Foster,  , 
Parley  Lyccrgus  Williams,    . 


I/>ui8Yille,  K7. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

.    Lyona,  N.  Y. 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 


IOTA. 


Mark  H.  Griffin,  Alpha,    . 
Herbert  S.  Talbot,  Beta, 
Homer  C.  Howard,  Gamma, 
Kdwin  N.  Goddard,  Delia, 
Lf.igh  G.  Curtis,  Zeta, 
Henry  R.  Cool,  Epsilon, 
Edwin  E.  Arnold, 
burch  d.  huggins, 
A.  M.  Cromley, 
Heywood  G.  Brown, 
T.  Ellis  Minshall, 
William  Edwin  Minshall, 
J.  Torino  Courtrioht, 


Toledo,  Ohio. 
Columbus  Ohio. 


.    Ashtabula, 

Hamilton, 

Urbana, 

Zanesville, 

Hillsborough, 

.     Ashville, 

Dayton, 

Chillicothe, 


Ohio. 
Ohio. 
Ohio. 
Ohio. 
Ohio. 
Ohio. 
Ohio. 
Ohio. 


Cirdeville,  Ohio. 


LAMBDA. 
1897. 


W.  Fletcher  McNutt,  Jr., 
Lawrence  Haven,  Alpha, 
Harold  L.  Gilbert,     . 


Howard  S.  Avery, 
Joseph  D.  Moorb,  Gamma, 
Frederick  S.  Knight, 
Paul  L.  Miller,  Zeta, 
Thomas  C.  Van  Ness,  Jr., 
Selah  Chamberlain, 
DwiOHT  Hutchinson,  Epsilon, 
William  C.  De  Tremery, 
Frank  B.  Kino,     . 
Clarbncb  W.  Doanb,  Delta,   . 


1890. 


Arthur  S.  Chebsbrouoh, 
Stewart  McDonald,    . 
Ira  C.  Boss, 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Oakland,  Cal. 
Portland,  Ore. 


Sansaleto, 
Oakland, 


San  Francisco, 

Santa  Barbara, 

Oakland. 


CaL 
Cal. 


Cal. 
Cal. 
Cal. 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


San  Frandsco,  Cal. 

Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

San  Francisco,  CaL 


"S 


IQOO. 

William  C.  Riplky, Berkeley,  Cal. 

Edward  B.  Perrin, •♦  " 

Earnest  S.  Bindsall,  "  •« 

MU. 
1897. 

W.  W.  Chapin,  Alpha, Montclair,  N.  J. 


K.  S.  LITTLEJOHN,      . 

A.  I.  Smith,  Jr.,  Zeta, 
Robert  C.  Post, 
J.  H.  A.  Day, 


C.  M.  KiRBY,  Delta, 
A.  S.  Hagstoz,  Epsilon,, 
C.  S.  Hoffman,  Gamma, 
F.  W.  Beale, 

A.  G.  SiDMAN, 


1898. 

Montclair,  N.  J. 

146  W.  70th  St.,  New  York  City. 

136  Magnolia  Ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

106  Harrison  St.,  Brick  Church,  N.  J. 

1899. 

Jamaica,  I^.  I. 

43  William  St.,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

356  Henry  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

315  W.  104th  St.,  New  York  City. 

19  Madison  Ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J, 


1900. 
J.  R.  Pierce,        .        .         54  South  Mountain  Ave.,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

J.  H.  Drake, 312  W.  Church  St.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Clarence  N.  Durrib,      ....     Jersey  City  Heights,  N.  J. 

NU. 
1897. 

Carl  C.  Rice, Austin,  Tex. 

I^EONiDAS  E.  Hill, '• 

Charles  H.  Huberich,  Alpha  ....       San  Antonio,  Tex. 

1898. 

Frank  I,.  Berry,  Gamma, Houston,  Tex. 

Thomas  H.  Lewis,  Epsilon, Gonzales,  Tex. 

Frank  G.  Nicholson, " 

JOHN  C.  Palm,  Delta Austin,  Tex. 

1899. 
Omerod  H.  Palm, Austin,  Tex. 


rr4 


IQOO. 

Horace  E.  Pokd, Au»tin,  Tex. 

Lkwis  M.  Kbmp Kl  Paso,  Tex. 

Robert  T.  Nibll, Austin,  Tex. 

XI. 

1896. 

Herbert  Inoalls  Gannett Washington,  D.  C. 

Louis  Chapman  Ralston,        .        1170  Madison  St.,  Oakland,  Cal. 

1897. 
JA8.  Grant  Tracy,  Beta,     .              1017  James  St.,  STracuse,  N.  Y. 
Harry  Bainbridge  Mbsereau, Peoria,  m. 

1898. 

Lyndon  Sandford  Tracy, Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

John  Lycenring  Wentz Mauch  Chunk,  Pa, 

Harry  Hill  Alcock,  Gamma,  .  .  .  1512  Arch  St,,  Phila.,  Pa. 
Harry  M.  Smith,  Delta,  .  .  45  N.  Main  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Walter  Lyon  Mulligan,  Alpha,  43  Clinton  St.,  " 

Edward  Emmett  Dougherty,  .  450  Peachtree  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Chas.  Merser  Bailey,  Epsilon,        .        750  N.  20th  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

1899. 
Henry  S.  Robb,  Zfia,  .       .131  North  Ave.,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

Joseph  Waring  Green,  .  Second  and  Ludlow  Sts.,  Dayton,  O. 
Chas.  Frederick  Hybrmann,         ....      Detroit,  Mich. 

1900. 

Iv ANSON  Brooks  Clarkb, Atlanta,  Ga. 

Frank  Sedgwick  Tracy,  1017  James  St.,  Syracuse,  N.Y 

George  J.  Mersbreau, Owego,  N.  Y. 

Warren  R.  GiBBS,         .       .  2337  Prairie  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

OMICRON. 

Post-graduate. 
Chas.  T.  Ramsden, San  Diego  de  Cuba. 

1897. 
Joseph  Feamlby  Bonnell,        ....    Youngstown,  Ohio. 
David  Burnet  McCalmont,  Beia         ....  Franklin,  Pa. 
Henry  Meinken,  Jr..  Alpha,     ....  New  York  City. 

Thomas  Wharton  Phillips,        ....       New  Castle,  Pa. 

Carl  Rudolph  Schultz Murray  Hill,  N.  J. 

Dunham  Baldwin  Sherbr,  Zeta  ....      Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

IrBONARD  HALL  VAN  9VBRY "  ** 


115 


iSgS. 

Joseph  Percy  Drake, New  York  City. 

George  William  Dulany,  Jr.,         ....     Hannibal,  Mo. 

Allen  M.  Philbrick, New  York  City. 

Pierce  W.  Grace, Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Howard  b.  Jackson, New  York  City, 

Blisha  S.  Lewis,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Nelson  Arthur  Howard,  Epsilon      .       .         New  Haven,  Conn. 

Frank  Augustine  McCrea, Canton,  Ohio. 

Harry  William  Potter, Salem,  Ohio. 

Howard  Lee  Stout,  Delta,         ....    Port  Scott,  Kansas. 
Walter  Henry  Sykes,  Jr.,  Gamma,   .        .       .      New  York  City. 

1899. 

Northrup  Fowler, New  York  City. 

George  J.  W.  Maybee, Denver,  Col. 

Gilbert  C.  Summerfield,  ....  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Herbert  F.  Van  EJvery, "  " 

William  G.  Woolfolk, New  Haven  Conn. 

PI. 

1898. 

R.  A.  MacDonald,  Zeta, Emory,  Ga. 

D.  T.  Merritt,  Alpha, Norfolk,  Va. 

1899. 

J.  C.  Moore,  Gamma, Nashville,  Tenn. 

W.  T.  Caswell,  Epsilon, " 

William  Howe,  Irregular, " 

B.  M.  Drake,  Beta,  Post-graduate,     ....  " 

Frank  L.  Whitman, " 

RHO. 

1897. 

Charles  Bernhardt  Neff,  Alpha,        .       .       .    Slatington,  Pa. 
Gardner  Bruce  Milnor, Warrensville,  Pa. 

1898. 
Walter  Raymond  Phillips,  Gamma,      .       .       Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

William  Rhodes  Hill, Scott  Dale,  Pa. 

Charles  Ritter  Michael,  Zeta,       ....  Muncy,  Pa. 

1899. 

Fred.  Ernst  Geiser,  Beta, Easton,  Pa. 

Arthur  Edward  Banks,  Delta,         .       .        .       Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


LI6 


igoo. 

Chaklbs  Edwin  Hulick, Ewton,  Pa, 

Daniel  Baum,  Jr.,  Epsilon, Omaha,  Neb. 

William  Leigh  Williamson Muncy,  Pa. 

Harris  Alvin  Spotts, Hepburn,  Pa. 

Harry  White  Van  Buskirk,        ....        BelTiderc,  N.  J. 
John  J.  Curtis,  JR Eaaton,  Pa. 

SIGMA. 

1897. 

Hosba  J.  DEAN,  Delta Spartanbnrg,  S.  C. 

1898. 

J.  B.  Edwards AbbeviUe,  S.  C. 

James  W.  Reed, /I //Aa, Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Wm.  H.  Wannamaker,  Beta,     ....      St.  Matthews,  S.  C. 

Robert  J.  Geddes,  Gamma, Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

J.  H.  EviNS,  Bpsilon, "  " 

Thomas  C.  Blake,  Zeta "  " 

1900. 
L,.  D.  Clinkscales Clemsen  College,  S.  C. 

TAU. 

LEB  Hagood,  .<4//Aa, Columbus,  S.  C. 

Joseph  Moorman,  Beta, *'             " 

Alexander  Heyward.  Gamma    ....  "              " 

Julius  H.  Taylor,  Delia, "              " 

Mason  C.  Brunson, Florence,  S.  C. 

James  H.  Towles,  Epsilon, Columbus,  S.  C. 

Frank  G.  Tompkins Ninety-Six,  S.  C. 

PHI. 

1897. 

William  Cary  Duncan,      ....    North  Brookfield,  Mass. 

Allan  Porter  Durgin, Chicago,  111. 

Oliver  Thompson  Hydk, Ellington,  Conn. 

Austin  Baxter  Keep, Norwich,  Conn. 

Ralph  Dorrance  Messinger Chicago.  111. 

Charles  Franklin  Richmond,  Alpha,  Brockton,  Mass. 

Prrderick  Daniels  Thayer,  Beta,  Enfield,  Mass. 

Arthur  Piske  Warren, Falmouth.  Mass. 

Thomas  Far  well  Young, Marion,  N.  Y. 


IIT 


1898. 

Ralph  Bemis  Gibbs, Springrfield,  Mass. 

Arthur  Day  Howard, Glencoe,  111. 

Charles  Wolcott  Merriam,  Delta^  ,  .  .  Rpringfield,  Mass. 
Edward  Huntington  Smith,  Zeia,        .       Norwich  Town,  Conn. 

1899. 
John  Herbert  Armstrong,         .       .       .         Winchester,  Mass. 

Frederick  Norman  Dewar, Glencoe.  111. 

James  Chapman  Graves,  Jr.,  .  .  .  Marblehead,  Mass. 
Herbert  McCulloch  Messxnger,  Epsilon,  .  .  .  Chicago,  111. 
Ralph  Bissell  Redfern,  Gamma,  .  .  Winchester,  Mass. 
James  William  Russell,  Jr.,     ....  "  " 

Henry  John  Storrs, South  Boston,  Mass. 

Arthur  C.  Morse, Norwood,  Mass. 

1800. 

Byron  H.  Brooks, Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Arthur  W.  Lyall, New  York  City. 

Everett  S.  Jones, Brockton.  Mass. 

Theodore  E.  Ramsdell,      ....  Honsatonie,  Mass. 

Albert  R.  Halpord, Springfield,  Mass. 

Franklin  J.  Ross,  "  " 


PSI. 

1897. 

Charles  Francis  Scott,  Zeia,       .        .       .    New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 
Henry  Taylor  Irwin,  .(4 //Aa,     ....  Allegheny,  Pa. 

1899. 
Percy  I^eslie  Reed,  Gamma, Sunbury,  Pa. 

I9CX3. 

Gavin  Hogg  Dortch,  Belia, Raleigh,  N.  C. 

John  Kenelm  Digby,  Epsilon,       ....  Paris,  France. 

Walter  Henry  Rodney,       .        .       Ft.  McHenry,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Richard  Cromwell  Congdon,  Beta,  "  " 


118 


INDEX. 


PAGB 

Omicron  chapter  house 5 

THE  LAST  CONVENTION 13 

OUR  FRATERNITY 15 

THE  CONVENTION  OF  '95 21 

BUILDING  A  CHAPTER  HOUSE 23 

THE  FOUNDING  OF  CHI  PHI 28 

CHI  PHI  IN  TEXAS 31 

CHI  PHI  IN  THE  FAR  WEST 39 

FROM  A  NEW  ENGLAND  CHI  PHI 43 

CHI  PHI  AND  PATRIOTISM 46 

THE  SPRINGFIELD  BANQUET 48 

CHAPTER  HISTORIES 51 

ALUMNI  PERSONALS 95 

OBITUARIES 103 

GRAND  OFFICERS  AND  COUNCILLORS 108 

Chapter  membership  for  i896-'97 109 


119 


1 

CHAPTER. 

I 

'  No.  Members 
in  Chapter. 

Av.  No.2lS*|^i^:>.5' 
Initi-      3  ff|3  •;»!£. 

atediS-.S?5e- 

Address  of 
Chapter  House. 

At 
Pres't. 

Aver. 
Since 
Org. 

Each 
Year. 

0? 

OS. 

i     lo 

15 

5 

315 

79 

4 

Chi  Phi  House. 
Univ.  of  Virginia. 

>     19 

18 

6 

63 

13 

7 

543  Mass.  Av.. 
Boston.  Mass. 

}     » 

24 

7 

255 

.0^ 

3 

Chi  Phi  House, 
Oxford.  Ga. 

7       »3 

ai 

7 

24s 

«3 

II 

39  College  Av., 
NewBrunswicic.N.J. 

j,        8 

13 

4 

.5^ 

53 

3 

None. 

(      II 

13 

4 

191 

97 

13 

Chi  Phi  House, 
Lancaster,  Pa. 

r    'I 

18 

6 

213 

96 

10 

Chi  Phi  House. 
Athens,  Ga. 

1     19 

15 

5 

"5 

35 

4 

146  Eighth  St.. 
Troy.  N.  Y. 

1     13 

15 

5 

94 

15 

13 

Smith  Place. 
Columbus,  Ohio. 

i    19 

31 

7 

15* 

47 

Chi  Phi  House. 
Berl<eley.  Cal. 

1      «3 

13 

4 

6, 

30 

609  Hudson  St.. 
Hobol<en.  N.  J. 

||i      II 

13 

4 

39 

14 

I 

Chi  Phi  House, 
Austin.  Texas. 

h  '^ 

18 

6 

»3 

46 

4 

Craigielea. 
Ithaca.  N.  Y. 

r     33 

24 

8 

18^ 

79 

3 

96  Wall  St., 
New  Haven.  Conn. 

1       8 

18 

6 

101 

31 

33 

None. 

1*     '^ 

19 

6 

170 

60 

30 

taa  McKeen  Hall, 
Easton.  Pa. 

:      II 

13 

4 

13^ 

64 

« 

None. 

1       7 

7 

a 

29 

3 

10 

None. 

1      a? 

«4 

8 

303 

I03 

Chi  Phi  House, 
Amherst.  Mass. 

7 

15 

5 

145 

31 

g  1      Chi  Phi  House. 
1    S.  Bethlehem.  Pa. 

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'turn  to  desk  from  which  they  were  borrowed. 

JE  AS  STAMPED  BELOW. 

IIIW   1    7  ^(\{\'\ 

JUIN    1    t    lUUj 

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